BROWN & ROOT, INC. v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY

No. 21766.

353 F.2d 113 (1965)

BROWN & ROOT, INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Carl G. Stearns, E. V. Greenwood, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before BROWN and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, District Judge.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the liability of a tug for loss and damage to deck-loaded cargo when the barge went aground on March 26, 1956, nearly a decade ago. As such, the cast of nautical characters is a replica of our earlier decision involving the Tug R. A. Turrentine, the Barge LTC 6 and the Magnet Cove interests.1 The R. A. Turrentine v. American Home Assur. Co.,2 5 Cir., 1960,

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