Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Inc., Individually and as of the Fella C v. Chemical Barge Lines, Inc.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty, dividing collision damages between the Ruby 0 and the Fella C, in .accordance with the opinion 1 of the district judge, that Article 29, Inland Rules, 33 U.S.C.A. § 221, our decisions in Smith v. Bacon, 5 Cir., 194 F.2d 203, and G. B. Kigler Co. v. Barker Barge Line, 5 Cir., 167 F.2d 676, and the rule of The Pennsylvania, 19 Wall. 125, 126, 136, 86 U.S. 125, 126, 136, 22 L.Ed. 148, required this, though the faults of the Ruby O were gross and wanton and directly responsible for the collision and the only fault of the Fella C was the failure to…