Illinois Farm Supply Company v. Greenville Gravel Company and Witco Company

The collision occurred before daylight at about 3:00 A.M. on March 8, 1961 on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River just below Chicot City Point. The water was high and the current swift. There was no atmospheric interference with visibility.

The dredge Lee McCourt, owned by the Greenville Gravel Company, was anchored outside of the main navigable channel approximately 1,000 feet from the Arkansas shore and about 2,000 feet west of the Mississippi bank. Its two anchors attached to cables were about 1,000 feet upriver. There were no buoys on the anchors. Three steel barges were tied to the…