Legal Opinion
Simkins v. R. L. Morrison & Sons
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1939No. 8970PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty in personam. The libel was filed by R. L. Morrison, Sr., R. L. Morrison, Jr., and H. W. Morrison, a partnership, doing business as R. L. Morrison & Sons, hereafter called libellants, owners of a derrick barge, against Leroy H. Simkins, hereafter called respondent, owner of the tug Sallie, to recover damages for the total loss of the barge and equipment by fire, while being towed by the Sallie. Judgment was rendered in favor of libellants in the sum of $3,300.
Respondent does not challenge the amount awarded but contends libellants failed to…
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