MISTICH v. M/V LETHA C. EDWARDS

No. 4740.

219 F.Supp. 22 (1963)

Robert MISTICH and Herbert Collette v. The M/V LETHA C. EDWARDS and the TUG ATHOS, Their Tackle, Apparel, etc., and Sterling Barge Line and Oil City Transportation Company.

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

July 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, J. Barbee Winston, New Orleans, La., for libelants.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, Francis Emmett, New Orleans, La., for respondents.


No. 4740, Division D.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

This is a libel by the owners of the workboat MELROSE S against the M/V LETHA C. EDWARDS and the tug ATHOS and their owners, growing out of a collision after dark on March 27, 1960, in the Mississippi River near the right descending bank at Boothville, Louisiana. The MELROSE S, without tow, proceeding downstream, was in collision with the steel tank barge BUTANE in the flotilla being pushed upstream by the EDWARDS...

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