U. S. Ore Corp. v. Commercial Transport Corp.

HEEBE, Chief Judge:

This suit was brought by the U. S. Ore Corporation (hereinafter referred to as U. S. Ore), to recover for the loss of a shipment of 1,280 gross tons of manganese ore due to the sinking of defendants’ barge ACBL-2584 on December 27, 1967, on the Mississippi River. By amended complaints, the American Commercial Barge Line Company, the owner of the barge, was made an additional party defendant and the cargo underwriters were made additional party plaintiffs.

The ore in question was part of a large shipment of manganese ore which U. S. Ore had purchased from Bowring & Company.…