Harcon Barge Co. v. M/V J. B. Chauvin

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

The action sub judice was submitted to this court for decision after a non-jury trial held in Oxford, Mississippi, at the Federal Building on September 20, 1979. The parties have submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

On the record in the action, the evidence submitted at trial and the proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, the court adopts as its own the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. This is an admiralty or maritime claim within the meaning of Rule 9(h), Federal Rules of…