IN RE CENAC TOWING CO.

Nos. 6148, 6149.

276 F.Supp. 317 (1967)

In re CENAC TOWING CO., Inc., as Owner of the MV CONNIE CENAC, praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability. In re ALFRED P. CENAC TOWING CO., Inc., as Owner of the MV CAPT. TENNER CENAC, praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

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

August 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Cenac Towing Co., Inc.

Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., Karl J. M. Buhler, II, New Orleans, La., for Keystone Shipping and Shell Oil.


CASSIBRY, District Judge:

Cenac Towing Co., Inc., as owner of the Tug CONNIE CENAC, and Alfred P. Cenac Towing Co., Inc., as owner of the Tug CAPT. TENNER CENAC, each filed a petition under the Limited Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. § 183 et seq., praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability. The cause giving rise to the consolidated petitions was the alleged blocking of the channel below Southwest Pass on the night of April 9, 1963, causing the Tanker PERRYVILLE...

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