SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT CORP.

No. 5017.

249 F.Supp. 377 (1966)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT CORPORATION and the TUG SATURN, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc.

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

January 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Burke, Jr., J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Robert Deane, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Edmond C. Salassi, John R. Peters, Jr., John H. Lurry, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for respondents.


WEST, District Judge:

Libelant, Southern Pacific Company, brings this libel seeking to recover for damages to its railroad bridge over Bayou Carlin at Delcambre, Louisiana, allegedly caused when respondent vessel, the Tug SATURN, collided with some of the pilings on the night of January 24, 1961, or during the early morning of January 25, 1961. Respondent denied damaging the bridge. The Court concludes that the damage was, in fact, caused by the respondent Tug SATURN...

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