CANAL BARGE COMPANY v. S/S NANCY LYKES

No. AD 8163.

285 F.Supp. 135 (1968)

CANAL BARGE COMPANY, Inc. v. S/S NANCY LYKES, her engines, etc., M/V WILLIAM S. SMITH, her engines, etc., Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. and Crescent Towing & Salvage Co., Inc.

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

April 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Robert Contois, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Lykes Bros.

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Crescent Towing.


CASSIBRY, District Judge:

Plaintiff, Canal Barge Company, Inc., brought this action to recover damages sustained by its barge CBC-38 which, when in tow of the MV JOSEPH M. JONES, of the same ownership, was in collision with the SS NANCY LYKES, owned and operated by defendant Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. A cross-claim for the NANCY LYKES' greater damages was filed. The plaintiff joined as a co-defendant Crescent Towing & Salvage Co., Inc., owner and operator...

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