PETITION OF INDIANA FARM BUREAU COOPERATIVE ASS'N

Civ. A. No. P-2586.

235 F.Supp. 800 (1964)

Petition of INDIANA FARM BUREAU COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, Inc., as Owner of a BARGE IG-1001 for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court S. D. Illinois, N. D.

November 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McConnell, Kennedy, McConnell & Morris, Peoria, Ill., for Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Ill., for Peoria Barge Terminal, Inc.

Cassidy & Cassidy, Peoria, Ill., for T P & W R. Co.


MERCER, Chief Judge.

This cause arises under the statute for limitation of a shipowner's liability, 46 U.S.C. §§ 181-189.

Petitioner is the owner of Barge No. IG-1001. A complaint was filed by the T P & W Railroad Company in the Circuit Court of Peoria County against the petitioner and others, in which it is alleged that the defendants negligently caused said barge IG-1001 and other barges to collide with the railroad's bridge over the Illinois...

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