Commercial Barge Lines, Inc. v. American Barge Line Co.

SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

The libel in this proceeding in admiralty was filed January 17, 1955 by Commercial Barge Lines, Inc., owner of the motor vessel Commercial Clipper against the towing steamer Tenaru River and in personam against her owner The American Barge Line Company, seeking damages arising out of a collision between the Commercial Clipper and the Tenaru River, which occurred on the Ohio River about opposite Mount Vernon, Indiana, at approximately 9:30 P.M., January 19, 1950.

The happening of the collision, the time thereof, or the resulting damage to the Commercial Clipper are not…