Legal Opinion
The Dixie
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 9, 1939No. 530PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNERLY, District Judge.
This is a suit in Admiralty by the United States of America against the Tugboat “Dixie”, alleging that the “Dixie”, while moving down stream in the waters of Bayou Teche at or near Jeanerette, Louisiana, with two loaded oil barges in tow, collided with and damaged the Government’s bridge across Bayou Teche. The suit is for damages to the bridge and is apparently brought in Admiralty because of the language of the. latter part- of Section 412, Title 33, United States Code Annotated, reading as follows: “and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be proceeded…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The PanoilSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Aktieselskabet Dampskib Gansfjord v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
- The GansfjordDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1928
- The GansfjordDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1927
3Cited by4 opinions
- Beeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Watson v. Providence Washington Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Beeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- United States v. DixieDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1941