Legal Opinion
Trinidad Corporation, of the Tankship Lyons Creek v. Indian Towing Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1961No. 18598_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an interlocutory ■decree in favor of libelant below, Indian Towing Company, Inc., for damages sustained in the capsizing of its tow boat Comanche when she struck a pier of the Huey P. Long Bridge on the Mississippi River on the night of March 4,1956. The lower court found that the occurrence was due solely to the negligence of the Lyons Creek, owned by the Trinidad Corporation.
Briefly, the facts as found by the trial court are these: The Lyons Creek was a 6,000 horsepower turbo-electric tankship. The Comanche was a 500 horsepower single screw diesel…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Ohio Barge Line, Inc. v. Oil Transport Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Lind v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Manuel Cedillo, Alberto Sanchez v. Standard Oil Company of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Arkansas Valley Feed Mills, Inc. v. Fox De Luxe Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by11 opinions
- China Union Lines, Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Lan Jing-Chau, Armement Deppe, S.A. v. A. O. Andersen & Co., American Cyanamid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- State v. StanleyAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- David L. Kenney v. Trinidad CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Crustacean Transportation Corporation as Owner of the M/v Crustacea v. Atalanta Trading CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Roy B. Lloyd, Gladys Lloyd and A. J. Henderson v. Michael Doud GillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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