PARKER BROS. & COMPANY v. DE FOREST

No. 14965.

221 F.2d 377 (1955)

PARKER BROS. & COMPANY, Inc., Claimant of the Tugs GERTRUDE and ANNIE O, v. J. E. DE FOREST.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sweeney J. Doehring, El Carol v. Greenwood, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

Clarence S. Eastham, Houston, Tex., Eastham, Hinds & Dale, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in admiralty is from a decree of the district court holding appellant liable for half of the damages sustained by appellee's tug Florence, as a result of a collision which occurred on the evening of June 24, 1949, near Beacon No. 58, between the Lynchburg Ferry Crossing and San Jacinto State Park.

The tug Florence, owned and operated by appellee, was being used at the time of the collision for towing sand barges on the Houston...

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