CLARY TOWING CO., INC. v. PORT ARTHUR TOWING CO.

Civ. A. No. 7787.

367 F.Supp. 6 (1973)

CLARY TOWING COMPANY, INC. v. PORT ARTHUR TOWING COMPANY, in personam, the TUG SYDALISE CRAWFORD, OFFSHORE BARGE PATCO 100, their engines, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc. in rem.

United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

November 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert Oxford, III, Benckenstein, McNicholas, Ball, Oxford & Radford, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff.

Thomas A. Brown, Brown & Teed, Houston, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

STEGER, District Judge.

This suit in admiralty arose out of a collision in which the tug MORGAN CITY was hit from the rear by the offshore barge PATCO 100 being pushed by the Tug SYDALISE CRAWFORD. The collision occurred on a clear, dark night at 12:30 a. m. on May 26, 1972, on the Sabin-Neches Waterway just west of the old Pleasure Island Bridge near Port Arthur, Texas.

As a result of the collision, the plaintiff, Clary Towing...

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