Legal Opinion
The Tug Percheron, Her Engines, Furniture, Apparel, Etc., and Cornelius Kroll & Company v. Alabama Transit Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1957No. 16587_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, Sr., District Judge.
Appellants were the respondents in a suit in admiralty brought by appellee for damages growing out of a collision in the Intracoastal Canal at approximately Mile Post 45 west of Harvey in the Eastern District of Louisiana, between the lead of a two barge pusher type tow under the control of the Tug Percheron and its crew, and the one barge, similar type tow of the Tug Richard Z, belonging to appellee. Both had been moving in an easterly direction, and the latter tug was, sunk by the stern.
The Court below found that “any fault on the part of the Richard Z was of…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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