Legal Opinion
Angola Transfer Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 7, 1926No. 14631PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BURNS, District Judge.
Libelant, as owner of the steamboat William. Edenbom, claims damages for the total loss of that vessel, caused by rubbing against a steel cap projection extending over the top of a pier supporting a railroad bridge over Old river, a coxmeeting link betwe'en Red river and the *485Mississippi, in Louisiana, on the morning of May 5, 1912.
The libel alleges that the steamboat was 142.5 feet long by 31.7 feet wide by 6 feet depth, and was light, staunch, and strong, well, and sufficiently tackled, appareled, and equipped, with a full and sufficient crew, and worth $28,000; that…
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