Legal Opinion
Sentell v. Gibson
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided May 29, 1959No. Nos. 2644, 2645PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.
These two suits in admiralty were consolidated for trial, since the same issues are germane to the loss suffered by libel-ants G. W. Sentell and Thomas Jordan, Inc.
Thomas Jordan, Inc., was the owner of the Barge T.J-52, which was bare-boat chartered to G. W. Sentell, doing business as Sentell Oil Company. From the evidence produced at the trial of this cause, it appeared the T.J.-52 was a seaworthy barge, laden with gasoline of libelant Sentell Oil Company, en route from Mobile, Alabama, to the Port of Birmingham, Alabama, in tow of the Tug Sherman V. At…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Wilbanks & Pierce, Inc. v. HendryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Ideal Cement Co. v. Home Ins.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1953
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- Offshore Company v. G & H Offshore Towing Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1966
- A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. v. Porto Rico Lighterage Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970