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LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. v. THE COMMANDER

Nos. 2674 and 2715.

199 F.Supp. 217 (1961)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Libelant, v. THE Tugboat COMMANDER, her tackle, apparel, furniture, engines, boilers and machinery, and Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company, Inc., a Corporation, Respondents. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Libelant, v. THE Tugboat JOSEPH M. WALSH, her tackle, apparel, furniture, engines, boilers and machinery, and Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company, Inc., a Corporation, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. Alabama, S. D.

November 21, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander F. Lankford III, of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, Ala., for libelant.

Vincent F. Kilborn, Mobile, Ala., for respondents.

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.

These actions arose out of two separate incidents which occurred when the tugs, which were towing vessels under directions from a harbor pilot, collided with the fender system of a railroad bridge over Chickasaw Creek located in Mobile County, Alabama, and within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of this Court. Libelant in each case seeks in rem relief from the tugs, and/or damages from the in personam respondent, Mobile...

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