Legal Opinion
United States v. BARGE CBC 603
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 25, 1964No. AD 3418 Div. BPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.
During the night of September 25, 1956, respondent’s unmanned vessel, the-Barge CBC 603, broke its mooring line- and drifted down the Chattahoochee River until it collided with an Army pontoon-bridge which spanned the river at Bradley's Landing, Fort Benning, Georgia.. The United States, as owner of the bridge, instituted an action for damages to the bridge, and in an amended libel, claimed salvage for the recovery of respondent’s barge. The claims are directed against the Barge CBC 603, in rem, and against its owner, Joseph M. Jones, in personam. 1 Respondent…
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