PURE OIL COMPANY v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION

No. 12422.

227 F.2d 868 (1955)

The PURE OIL COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hayes, Chicago, Ill. (William B. Miller, Jr., William K. Johnson, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., Charles I. Dawson, Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellants.

Thomas J. Wood, T. Kennedy Helm, Jr., Louisville, Ky. (Stites, Wood, Helm & Peabody, Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The appellant, The Pure Oil Company, owner of the Motor Vessel R. H. McElroy, filed this libel in rem and in personam against the tow boat Pennsylvania and its owner, the Union Barge Line Corporation, to recover damages in the amount of $7,642 arising out of a collision between the McElroy and the Pennsylvania on the Ohio River. The Union Barge Line Corporation filed an answer denying liability and a cross-libel against the...

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