Legal Opinion
Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1954No. 14802PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a final decree dismissing appellant’s libel in personam against Inland Waterways Corporation, owner of the Towboat Cairo, to recover for loss of appellant’s Steel Tank Barge Bisso No. 9 while in tow of the Cairo, by the latter’s negligence.
On December 1, 1943, National Oil Transport Corporation, charterer of ap-pedant’s barge, entered into a contract with appellee for towage of a number of National’s barges, including the Bisso No. 9, on the Mississippi River. This contract provided:
“The movement contemplated will be done at the sole risk of the…
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