Legal Opinion
McDonough Construction Co. v. H. B. Fowler & Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 5, 1968No. 7964PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
This is an action brought jointly by the owner and the charterer of the Barge BL-207 for damages sustained by that barge against a contractor who agreed to furnish steel pilings to the charterer and load them aboard a barge and against the subcontractor who undertook that obligation under a subcontract.
Most of the issues fall quickly into place once we resolve the basic factual controversy: was the BL-207 the barge that was actually supplied by the charterer and loaded by the subcontractor during the period October 27, 1964 to November 3,1964 ? I find that it was.
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- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- New Jersey Steam Navigation Company v. MERCHANTS'BANK.Supreme Court of the United States · 1848
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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