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BOUDOIN v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 6609.

176 F.Supp. 900 (1959)

Mrs. Edith BOUDOIN, J. P. Boudoin, Jr., Johnny Boudoin, Mrs. Adeline Styron, Mrs. Greta Johnson and Sister Peter and Mark Richard, dba Boudoin and Richard, v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & COMPANY, Inc.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

September 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, La., for plaintiffs.

Faris, Leake & Emmett, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

HUNTER, District Judge.

This action arises out of damage to plaintiffs' wharf on the Calcasieu River at Cameron, Louisiana, resulting from the alleged collision of defendant's barge, Tidelands 5, during the height of Hurricane Audrey on June 27, 1957.

These are the facts:

(1) On June 25, 1957, the Tug R. Thomas McDermott took the steel barge, Tidelands 5, in tow in Sabine Pass, Texas, on a voyage for defendant's base at Bayou Boeuf in the vicinity...

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