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CHEMICAL BARGE LINES v. KOCH-ELLIS MARINE CONTRACTORS

Nos. 2240, 2242.

128 F.Supp. 89 (1954)

CHEMICAL BARGE LINES, Inc., Libelant, v. KOCH-ELLIS MARINE CONTRACTORS, Inc., and THE Tug FELLA C., Respondent. KOCH-ELLIS MARINE CONTRACTORS, Inc., Bareboat Charterer and Owner, Pro Hac Vice of Steel Tank Barge KE 19, Libelant, v. THE Wood Diesel Tug RUBY O., her engines, furniture, apparel, etc., and Benjamin R. Edmundson d/b/a Edmundson Towing Company, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

December 30, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Francis Emmett, New Orleans, La., for libelant Chemical Barge Lines, Inc.

Jones, Walker & Waechter, William B. Dreux, New Orleans, La., for respondent Edmundson Towing Co.

Cobb & Wright, Joseph V. Ferguson, II, New Orleans, La., for respondent Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Inc.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks & Claverie, J. Barbee Winston, New Orleans, La., for libelant Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Inc.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

On a clear but dark night, December 23, 1951, with no current afoot and no wind, the lead barge of a tow being pushed by the Tug Ruby O was in collision with the lead barge of a tow being pushed by the Tug Fella C in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Mile 49 and Mile 50, some 400 feet west of the Lake Long Crossing. Cross libels have been filed by the owners of the tugs charging that the other tug was solely at fault in causing the collision...

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