Legal Opinion
New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1936No. 8055PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of limitation of liability in admiralty, arising from the loss of a steel barge and her cargo of levee building machinery, on December 4, 1924, while being towed in the Mississippi river, by the tug Leo. A libel was filed by the owner of the machinery, Fluker Gravel Company, and the Leo was attached. Thereafter a petition was filed by the owner of the tug, New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Company, on January 5, 1925, denying liability but surrendering the tug in limitation of liability, under the provisions of the statute (46 U.S.C.A. § 183), in the event…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- The 84-HCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Cullen Fuel Co. v. W. E. Hedger, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- The George W. PrattCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Curtis Bay Towing Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Nat G. Harrison Overseas Corp. v. American Tug TitanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Wilbanks & Pierce, Inc. v. HendryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Bisso v. Waterways Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- McDonough Marine Service, Inc. v. M/V Royal StreetDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1979
- Offshore Company v. G & H Offshore Towing Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1966
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