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MID-AMERICA TRANSP. CO., INC. v. ROSE BARGE LINE, INC.

Nos. 72-1588, 72-1592.

477 F.2d 914 (1973)

MID-AMERICA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. ROSE BARGE LINE, INC., and The M/V MARK EASTIN, its engines, boilers, tackle, equipment, etc., in rem and M/G Transport Services, Inc., Appellants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Shepherd, St. Louis, Mo., for Rose Barge & M/G Transport Services, Inc.

Wilder Lucas, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

While downbound on the Upper Mississippi River adjacent to the St. Louis, Missouri, harbor, the starboard lead barge of the M/V Mark Eastin's 15-barge tow struck a sandbar and as a result three barges sustained damages and part of the cargo was lost. The owner of the barges, Mid-America Transportation Company, Inc., brought suit in admiralty for recovery of damages against two defendants in personam, Rose Barge Line, Inc., the firm contracting...

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