REAGAN TOOL CO. v. H. H. BUTTS DREDGING & CONSTRUCTION CO.

Nos. 5114, 5116, 5118.

204 F.Supp. 606 (1962)

REAGAN TOOL COMPANY, Inc., Libelant, v. H. H. BUTTS DREDGING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., in personam, and the DREDGE RODDY O, its tackle, furniture, appurtenances, etc., in rem, Respondents. CENAC TOWING COMPANY, Inc., Libelant, v. H. H. BUTTS DREDGING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., in personam, and the Dredge Roddy O, its tackle, furniture, appurtenances, etc., in rem, Respondents. M. J. FRANICEVICH TOWING COMPANY, Inc., Libelant, v. DREDGE J. E. JUMONVILLE, her tackle, appurtenances, furniture, etc., and H. H. Butts Dredging & Construction Company, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, W. Eugene Davis, George W. Healy, III, and Peter G. Burke, New Orleans, La., for Reagan Tool Co., Inc., Cenac Towing Co., Inc. and Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp.

A. D. Freeman, Jr., New Orleans, La., for M. J. Franicevich Towing Co., Inc.

M. J. Duran, New Orleans, La., for H. H. Butts Dredging & Construction Company, Inc.

Robert D. Edwards, Gretna, La., Thomas B. Wheeler, New Orleans, La., for J. E. Jumonville.

Dufour, St. Paul, Levy & Marx, William M. Lucas, Jr., New Orleans, La., for L. & L. Oil Co., Inc. and Lee & Leon Oil Co., Inc.


AINSWORTH, District Judge.

These consolidated cases are libels filed in personam against H. H. Butts Dredging & Construction Company, Inc. and in rem against two dredges, the RODDY O and the J. E. JUMONVILLE. Intervening libels were also filed against the Butts Company and the dredges. One intervenor, however, seeks only a remedy in rem. The suits and interventions were based on unpaid claims for repairs, towing services, supplies and necessaries...

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