AYRES MARINE SERVICE v. W. HORACE WILLIAMS CO.

No. 14546.

213 F.2d 27 (1954)

AYRES MARINE SERVICE, Inc. v. W. HORACE WILLIAMS CO., Inc. THE WAKULLA.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 4, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Matthews, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for Ayers, Marine Service, Inc., appellant.

Wm. B. Dreux, Jones, Walker & Waechter, New Orleans, La., for W. Horace Williams Co., Inc., appellee.

Before BORAH and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in admiralty is from an interlocutory decree of the District Court determining the rights and liabilities of the parties under a verbal contract in which Ayers Marine Service, Inc., agreed to furnish the Tug Wakulla to tow three barges of W. Horace Williams Company, Inc., from New Orleans to Port Aransas, Texas.

Libelant W. Horace Williams Company, Inc., the owner of the three barges hereinafter mentioned, instituted this...

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