Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Inc. v. Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co.

McBRIDE, Judge.

On September 17, 1962, a large storage tank located in Gretna, Parish of Jefferson, collapsed, and as a result of said incident its contents, consisting of blackstrap molasses, spewed out over the adjacent property and allegedly caused damage to certain barges under construction by Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Inc., which jointly with its builder’s risk insurer and partial subrogee brought suit to recover damages in solido from Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Company, Industrial Molasses Corporation and National Molasses Company, the alleged owners of the tank, and also against…