The Chickie

SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

This is an action in rem brought by 'libelant against the Steamboat “Chickie,” and against the American Barge Line Company, Inc., in personam, seeking to recover damages alleged to have resulted from a collision between the barge “Admiral,” owned by the River Sand Company, at a point on the Ohio River near Follansbee, West Virginia, on February 2, 1939. We heard the case on the question of liability. From the pleadings and the proof, we find on the question of liability the following facts:

The respondent American Barge Line Company, Inc., a shipper of goods and…