Legal Opinion
American Commercial Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Libelant-Appellant v. Silver Creek Coal Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 25, 1968No. 16180PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Chief Judge.
Libelant-appellant American Commercial Lines, Inc. appeals from a judgment entered December 29, 1966 in favor of respondent-appellee Silver Creek Coal Company. The libel, filed April 17, 1963, charged that appellee negligently caused the sinking of appellant’s barge BL-469 on February 3, 1958.
There is little dispute concerning the facts prior to the day of the sinking. Appellant had used the barge to transport coal on the Illinois Waterway since the mid-1940’s. The age of the barge was not in evidence. The barge was a steel-hulled open hopper with a wood floor. It had a…
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