American Barge Line Co. v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

The Steel Corporation recovered a judgment for $2,900 against the Barge Company for damages to a runway extending out into the river at Memphis, resulting when several loose barges floating down the river struck the runway. The accident occurred on the 31st of January, 1937, during the disastrous flood of that year, which caused great loss of life and property in the Mississippi Valley. The barges were not the property of the Barge Company, the- theory of plaintiff being, and the proof showing that these barges had been negligently moored by the crew of the steamboat American, the general…