Stewart v. Protector

WRIGHT, District Judge.

This action- arises out of a collision between the barge CBC-603 in the tow of the Tug Protector and the barge Fred Driggs in the tow of the Tug Mack. The collision occurred about 9:45 P. M. on July 21, 1946 in the east draw of the Southern Pacific Lines railroad bridge across Berwick Bay from east to west between- Morgan City and Berwick, Louisiana. The issues of fact and law having come on to be heard on the pleadings and proofs of the parties and due deliberation having been had, the court now makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

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