FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC. v. SCNO BARGE LINES

No. 81-1023C(B).

547 F.Supp. 457 (1982)

FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC., a corporation, and United Barge Company, a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. SCNO BARGE LINES, INC., a corporation, and the United States of America, Defendants.

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

August 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Ball, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

John Sandberg, Joseph B. Moore, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

REGAN, District Judge.

For decision is the liability of either or both of defendants for the damage to Barge OT-142 on November 16, 1980, while in the tow of the M/V Fort Pierre on the Ohio River.

In early October, 1980, defendant SCNO Barge Lines, Inc. (SCNO), the owner of the towboat, and plaintiff United Barge Company (United) entered into a written charter agreement whereby United agreed to charter the vessel. Under the terms...

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