Legal Opinion
Caruthersville Towing Company v. John I. Hay Company, as Owner of the M/v Chicago Bridge
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1964No. 20863PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The John I. Hay Company, owner of the M/V Chicago Bridge, brought an action in admiralty against the M/V Dorothy I. Southern and her owner, Caruthersville Towing Company, for damages resulting-from a collision in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Mile 200, not far from Harvey, Louisiana. The Dorothy I. Southern, a diesel powered towboat, was moving westward on the morning of March 27, 1960, pushing a rigid tandem tow of four loaded tank barges. The Chicago Bridge, slightly smaller than the Dorothy I. Southern, was moving-eastward without a tow. The two vessels were in…
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