Mutual Oil Co. v. M/V The Swamp Angel

THOMAS, District Judge.

At about 5:00 a. m., on January 16, 1957, the tow of the Tug Old Mack (then the Tug George B. Zeigler), owned by the Mutual Oil Company, and the tow of the M/V Swamp Angel collided at Coffee-ville Bend on the left descending bank of the Tombigbee River between Miles 118 and 119. The Mutual Oil Company, as owner of the damaged Barges Mutual No. 2 and Gertrude K, libelled the M/V Swamp Angel and Thurston Crawford, doing business as River Transit Company, owner of the M/V Swamp Angel and the Barge RT-34. The respondents answered and cross-libelled, admitting the collision,…