American Marine Corp. v. The Towboat Z-Fourteen

HUNTER, District Judge.

American Marine proceeds against the Z-FOURTEEN for repairs. The first of libelant’s repairs was performed between the dates of December 7 and 19, 1959, consisting in the main of general engine overhaul, but in part ($4,933.84) of repairs to accidental damage sustained by the starboard engine. Some seventeen days later, on January 6, 1960, the vessel sustained further damage to its port main engine while towing in the Mississippi River, and was returned to libelant’s yard where an exchange of the damaged engine for a rebuilt engine was accomplished at a cost of…