Legal Opinion
New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co. v. Texas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1941No. 9876PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree in admiralty in favor of libellant. A libel in rem was filed by the Texas Co., hereafter called Texas, against the steam tug, Independent, to hold her responsible for damages amounting to $2,299.61, caused by the loss of cargoes of oil loaded on two barges. The Independent and the barges were owned by the New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co., hereafter referred to as the Towboat Co. The libel alleged that on January 4, 1932, libellant was the owner *142of 5,110.26 barrels of fuel oil, which it was holding for delivery to the…
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