Legal Opinion
Riverside Trawling Co., Inc. v. the Vulcan
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided April 7, 1945No. 624, 625PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, District Judge.
On the afternoon of December 5, 1942 the fishing boats, Racketeer and Gertrude, were moored alongside the wharf of the Riverside Packing Company, Inc., at Berwick, Louisiana. This wharf is located on the west side of Berwick Bay immediately south of the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge. The Gertrude was moored higher upstream partly protected by the west fender of the draw which lay on her starboard hand and the Racketeer was moored immediately behind her.
At this time the tug Vulcan, with barges 93, 44 and 91, owned by the River Terminals Corporation, in tow, was…
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