P. A. C. T. Barge Co. v. Bayou Construction of Houma, Inc.

BLANCHE, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, P.A.C.T. Barge Company, is appealing a judgment dismissing its claim for damages against defendant-appel-lee, Bayou Construction of Houma, Inc., and awarding Bayou a judgment of $4,422 in reeonvention.

The claim in the main demand and the reconventional demand arose out of the lease of a barge by Bayou from P.A.C.T. The barge sank on the second day defendant used it and for two days it was necessary to maintain a pump watch, which consisted of personnel manning pumps while the barge was being used. Bayou leased the barge on January 4, 1976, and returned it…