Ideal Cement Co. v. The Tug Tickfaw

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Sr., District Judge.

February 20, 1954 this libel was filed against the two tugs above named -for damages, allegedly done to the barge Ideal Cement No. 7 through negligence1 of the captains and crews of the tugs in towing said barge from Baton Rouge to Newellton, Louisiana by way of the Mississippi River.

Some six months later August 27, 1954 Baton Rouge Coal & Towing Company, as the owner of the tugs, filed its petition under the 56th Rule in Admiralty, 28 U.S.C.A. impleading T. L. James & Company, setting forth the contract relations2 between them, but denying, negligence…