Portland Tug & Barge Co. v. Upper Columbia River Towing Co.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

The Portland Tug & Barge Company, owner of the tug Star, Derrick Barge No. 10, and Barge No. 60, filed a libel against the Upper Columbia River Towing Company and the latter’s tug Megler to recover damages resulting from a maritime collision. A third party, Miles R. Hallett, appears as claimant of the tug Lyle H, which was brought into the case under Admiralty Rule 56. The district court decreed that the libel be dismissed. Libelant appeals.

On the evening of January 7, 1943, a flotilla consisting of libelant’s Derrick Barge No. 10 and Barge No. 60, libelant’s tug Star,…