Legal Opinion
The Lapwing
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 22, 1944No. 457PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAILLOUET, District Judge.
Libelant seeks recovery for damages sustained by its quarters boat “Santee” while tied up for the night at Carrabelle, Florida, on November 22, 1939, as part of the tow of the libeled tug, the “Lapwing.”
The arrangements made for such towing are reflected by libelant’s letter addressed to Shell Producers Company and its answer thereto by its President, F. M. Hendry, who appears as record claimant of the tug; although such arrangements were subsequently slightly modified in presently unimportant details by telephone conversations between Hendry and the representative…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Parrot v. Wells, Fargo & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
3Cited by2 opinions
- Wilbanks & Pierce, Inc. v. HendryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Offshore Company v. G & H Offshore Towing Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1966