MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE L. CO. v. INLAND WATER. SHIP. ASS'N

No. 16587.

289 F.2d 374 (1961)

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE COMPANY, Appellant, v. INLAND WATERWAYS SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Corporation, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant. George B. Matthews and Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., and John O. Hichew and Thompson, Mitchell, Douglas & Neill, St. Louis, Mo., were with Charles Kohlmeyer, on the brief.

Wilder Lucas, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees. Jack R. Mandel, St. Louis, Mo., was with Wilder Lucas, on the brief.

Before SANBORN, VAN OOSTERHOUT, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This action for damage to goods shipped on two separate occasions was instituted in two counts in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and because of diversity of citizenship and the amount involved, was removed by the defendant Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, hereinafter referred to as "Valley" or "appellant", to the United States District Court, where, on trial by the court, a judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiffs...

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