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HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. THE PATSY

Admiralty No. 1823.

198 F.Supp. 423 (1961)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Libelant, v. THE Tug PATSY H and A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

October 18, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh L. Corroon, of Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, Del., for libelant; Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, of counsel.

H. Albert Young and Richard H. May, of Morford, Young & Conaway, Wilmington, Del., for respondents; J. Y. Gilmore, Jr., of Faris, Leake & Emmett, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

LAYTON, District Judge.

On February 21, 1961, the Libelant, Humble, brought suit against Respondent in this District as the result of damages to its tanker SS Esso Chattanooga which allegedly was struck by Respondent's tug Patsy H on June 11, 1959, in the Mississippi River just above New Orleans, while the Esso Chattanooga was at anchor.

The Respondent has moved for a transfer to Louisiana under Section 1404(a) of the 28 United States Code which reads:

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