Warrior Tombigbee Transportation Co. v. 5,775.674 Net Tons of Coal

FINDINGS OF FACT AND ' CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Senior District Judge.

This was a non-jury admiralty case involving an in rem action to enforce separate maritime liens arising out of towage services from Brookwood to Mobile, Alabama, supplied to four separate parcels of coal. There was a separate in personam action against Smith Coal Sales Company for unpaid accounts pertaining to towage of the four parcels (barges) of coal which were seized in rem, as well as various previous towage services supplied to Smith pursuant to a transportation agreement. An additional in personam…