Legal Opinion
Arthur-Smith Corporation v. Gulf States Marine & Mining Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1958No. 17033_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The libel in this case is based on a head-on collision that occurred in the Harvey Canal between the tug John Arthur, owned by Arthur-Smith Corporation, and a barge belonging to Gulf States Marine & Mining Company. The district court rendered its decree in favor of libellant. We agree.
At approximately seven o’clock in the morning, on February 4, 1954, the tugboat Dawn, owned by libellant, was proceeding in an easterly direction through the Harvey Canal toward the Harvey Locks. She had in tow two empty oil barges, both measuring 220 feet in length and 48 feet in width,…
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