Oregon v. Tug Go Getter

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

State of Oregon, appellant herein, filed a libel in the District Court for the District of Oregon against tug GO GETTER, her engines, apparel and equipment, Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co., an Oregon corporation, Oliver J. Olson & Co., a California corporation, and Olson Towboat Co., a California corporation, seeking damages as a result of a collision in the Coquille River of the barge J. WHITNEY (being towed by the tug GO GETTER) with appellant’s bridge. The libel generally alleged that at the time of the collision the tug GO GETTER was owned by Sause Bros. Ocean Towing…