Atlas Transp. Co. v. Lee Line Steamers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Atlas Transportation Company against the Dee Line Steamers. Decree for respondent, and libel-ant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
From a decree dismissing a libel in admiralty, the libelant appeals. The suit grew out of a collision between vessels navigating the Mississippi river. The libelant’s steam towboat, the Josh Cook, was ascending the river above Memphis, towing four barges, of which two were lashed end to end straight -ahead. One was lashed to the starboard side, and one to the port side of the Josh Cook, and each of these lapped back 40 or 50 feet. The one on the port side, called the Barrett, No. 15, was loaded with coal, and it sank after the collision. The Josh Cook was 175 feet long,…
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