MISSOURI DREDGING COMPANY v. TUG SOUTHERN KRAFT, NO. 5

No. 2785.

206 F.Supp. 810 (1962)

MISSOURI DREDGING COMPANY, a corporation, and O. R. Burden Construction Corporation, individually and as joint venturers, doing business under the joint venture name of Missouri Dredging Company and O. R. Burden Construction Corporation, a joint venture, Libelants, v. The TUG SOUTHERN KRAFT, NO. 5, Her Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Engines, Boilers, and Machinery, and the International Paper Company, a corporation, Respondents.

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

July 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam W. Pipes, III, Lyons, Pipes & Cook, Mobile, Ala., for libelants.

T. K. Jackson, Jr., Armbrecht, Jackson, McConnell & DeMouy, Mobile, Ala., for respondents.


DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem and in personam to determine the question of liability in a collision between a tug and her tow and a work-barge anchored in Mobile River. Pursuant to the pre-trial stipulation, trial is limited to the questions of liability vel non, and limitation of liability, if applicable.

OPINION

This libel was filed by the two corporations individually and as joint venturers. Respondent and...

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