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MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. M/S HOPERANGE

Nos. 3329, 3593.

226 F.Supp. 1018 (1964)

MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Inc., Libelant, v. M/S HOPERANGE and Hopemount Shipping Company, Ltd., Respondents. W. A. BISSO, Sr., Libelant, v. M/S HOPERANGE and Hopemount Shipping Company, Ltd. and Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Inc., Respondents.

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

February 18, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, Eugene Underwood, New York City, Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, Walter Carroll, Rufus C. Harris, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Charles E. Dunbar, III, New Orleans, La., for Mrs. Cecelia Bisso Slaten, Testamentary Executrix of Estate of W. A. Bisso, Sr.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

This consolidated litigation arose out of the stranding of the M/S HOPERANGE on the night of May 13, 1957, near the entrance to the Southwest Pass where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico.

On April 10, 1957, a fire severely damaged the engine plant of the HOPERANGE while at sea in the Pacific Ocean, thereby rendering her inoperative, a dead ship. Thereafter, Hopemount Shipping Company, Ltd., owners of the HOPERANGE, contracted...

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