COMMERCIAL BARGE LINES v. AMERICAN BARGE LINE CO.

No. 35.

133 F.Supp. 606 (1955)

COMMERCIAL BARGE LINES, Inc., as Owner of THE M/V COMMERCIAL CLIPPER, Libelant, v. The AMERICAN BARGE LINE COMPANY, Owner of THE Towing Steamer TENARU RIVER, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

August 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Paul Jones, Memphis, Tenn., Wrape & Hernly, Memphis, Tenn., Louis H. Jull, Louisville, Ky., of counsel, for libelant.

Charles F. Wood, Peter, Heyburn & Marshall, Louisville, Ky., for respondent.


SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

The libel in this proceeding in admiralty was filed January 17, 1955 by Commercial Barge Lines, Inc., owner of the motor vessel Commercial Clipper against the towing steamer Tenaru River and in personam against her owner The American Barge Line Company, seeking damages arising out of a collision between the Commercial Clipper and the Tenaru River, which occurred on the Ohio River about opposite Mount Vernon, Indiana, at approximately 9:30...

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