LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE R. CO. v. ARROW TRANSP. CO.

Civ. A. No. 3340.

170 F.Supp. 597 (1959)

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, v. ARROW TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and THE Tug ARROW, etc.

United States District Court N. D. Alabama, Northeastern Division.

February 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eyster & Eyster, Decatur, Ala., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke & Hopkins and Leon Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., and White, Bradley, Arant, All & Rose, Birmingham, Ala., for respondent.


GROOMS, District Judge.

This is a libel by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company against Arrow Transportation Company and the Tug Arrow. Libelant avers that at approximately 12:45 a. m., on August 3, 1957, the tug Arrow with 11 barges in tow, while down bound on the Tennessee River, ran into and collided with a drawbridge over the river, causing damages to the bridge and fender system. Libelant sustained damages of $6,471.25 by virtue of its loss of the use...

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