WISCONSIN BARGE LINE, INC. v. COASTAL MARINE TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 26904.

414 F.2d 872 (1969)

WISCONSIN BARGE LINE, INC. (Formerly Bernhardt Bros. Tugboat Service, Inc), Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. COASTAL MARINE TRANSPORT, INC., Edinburg Assurance Co. Ltd. No. 2A/C, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Sims, Edwin K. Legnon, New Orleans, La., Mendes & Mount, New York City, for Underwriters at Lloyds' and British Insurance Companies; Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

William A. Porteous, III, Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, La., for Greenwood Insurance Agency, appellant.

Roland Kizer, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Peter J. Butler, New Orleans, La., Maurice J. Wilson, Baton Rouge, La., Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, La., for Wright Insurance Agency, Inc.

Charles E. Lugenbuhl, New Orleans, La., for Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc.

Before COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.


MEHRTENS, District Judge:

Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc. (hereafter Wisconsin) sued in admiralty to recover on two hull policies from Greenwood Insurance Agency (hereafter Greenwood) Wright Insurance Agency (hereafter Wright), Underwriters at Lloyds of London (hereafter Lloyds) and Coastal Marine Transport Company, Inc. (hereafter Coastal), bareboat charterer of the tug "BADGER BOY" which was lost during a hurricane. Lloyds filed...

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