AMERICAN OIL COMPANY v. M/T LACON

Civ. A. No. 2758.

398 F.Supp. 1181 (1973)

AMERICAN OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. M/T LACON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

August 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter C. Hartridge, II, and Edwin D. Robb, Jr., Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff.

W. Spencer Connerat, Jr., and Ralph O. Bowden, III, Hunter, Houlihan, Maclean, Exley, Dunn & Connerat, Savannah, Ga., for M/T Lacon and Owners.

Julian C. Sipple, Chamlee, Dubus & Sipple, Savannah, Ga., for Atlantic Towing Co. and Tug Calhoun.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

This admiralty action grows out of a collision that occurred about 7:30 P.M. on November 27, 1970, in which the Motor Transport Lacon struck the pier of American Oil Company which is located on the south bank of the Savannah River near Savannah. The Lacon is owned by a Liberian corporation. Another defendant is Atlantic Towing Company, owner of the tugs Lawton M. Calhoun...

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