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BOLIVAR COUNTY GRAVEL CO. v. THOMAS MARINE CO.

No. 78-1998 Summary Calendar.

585 F.2d 1306 (1978)

BOLIVAR COUNTY GRAVEL COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THOMAS MARINE COMPANY, in personam, and M/V J. F. LAMB, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in Rem, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Kilpatrick, Randolph Noble, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The plaintiff, Bolivar County Gravel Company, operates a dredge on the Mississippi River. On June 3, 1976, a barge broke away from the tow of the M/V J. F. Lamb and collided with the plaintiff's dredge. As a result of the collision, the dredge lost its anchor and anchor cable. The dredge was inoperable during the ten days it took to make repairs.

The plaintiff sued the M/V J. F. Lamb in...

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