Bisso Towboat Co. v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.

This is a libel in admiralty, which the District Court dismissed for delay in prosecution; but as it appears that, after a motion to dismiss was filed by appellee, both sides proceeded with the taking of testimony, and that motion was not called up for disposition until the final hearing, we proceed without further comment to a consideration of the ease on its merits.

The libel was brought by appellant to recover damages for the sinking of its tug as a result of its running upon a cluster of submerged piling which had been placed by the appellee railroad company in the Mississippi river as a…