CONSOLIDATED TOWING CO. v. HANNAH

No. 76CV718-W-2-6.

509 F.Supp. 1031 (1981)

CONSOLIDATED TOWING COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Esther HANNAH, Administratrix of the Estate of Elwon S. Hannah, deceased, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.

March 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. O'Keefe, Thompson & Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo., John A. Vering, III, Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Rowlands & Schmitt, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

P. Wayne Kuhlman, Liberty, Mo., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SACHS, District Judge.

This admiralty case stems from a controversy between the owner of a tow-boat, M/V Celisia Ann, and a would-be salvor of the boat, the late Elwon S. Hannah. The unmanned boat slipped from its moorings in June 1976, and sank about 100 feet from the North (left) bank of the Missouri River, apparently after striking a bridge in Kansas City. Valued at some $350,000, the boat was promptly considered to be worthless...

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