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BROWN v. UNIVERSAL MARINE COMPANY

No. 15059.

317 F.2d 279 (1963)

Harold S. BROWN, Libelant-Appellee, v. UNIVERSAL MARINE COMPANY, Claimant of the TUG BAYOU BARATARIA, her engines, etc., Cross-Libelant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Barton Williams, New Orleans, La. (William S. Stone, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., Armistead F. Clay, Fitzhugh, Clay & Hodges, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

George W. Yrider, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., for appellee.

Before CECIL, Chief Judge, PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and MILLER, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The libelant, Brown, owned a marina on the bank of the Tennessee River near Saltillo, Tennessee, consisting mainly of a houseboat and a cafe mounted on a barge. He filed this libel in rem in admiralty, alleging that the Tug Bayou Barataria, proceeding downstream without a tow was negligently handled so as to create a wave wash and suction, which caused severe damage to libelant's marina.

The claimant of the Tug filed a cross-libel against Brown...

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