Legal Opinion
Eastes v. Superior Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided April 12, 1946No. 3019PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
Libelants claim from respondents, Superior Oil Company, and D. M. Picton Towing Company, Incorporated, in solido, damages in the sum of $8,039.63, with 5% per annum from November 7, 1943, until paid, as damages to their motor boat, named Tramp, resulting from its sinking, caused by its running onto a submerged piling, near the dock of the Superior Oil Company located in the Gulf of Mexico about one mile offshore and about twelve miles east of Calcasieu River Pass.
By an amended complaint libelants claim additionally $1,000 for attorney’s fees.
The liability of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- The BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- The "Atlas."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by2 opinions
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