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WESTERN OIL & FUEL TERMINAL CO. v. THE ELISHA WOODS

No. 22.

89 F.Supp. 862 (1950)

WESTERN OIL & FUEL TERMINAL CO. v. THE ELISHA WOODS (WESTERN OIL & FUEL CO., Intervenor). THE HKY 555.

United States District Court W. D. Ky. Louisville.

March 27, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hayes, Lord, Bissell & Kadyk, Chicago, Ill., William Mellor, Louisville, Ky., proctors for libelant.

Thomas J. Wood, Doolan, Helm, Stites & Wood, Louisville, Ky., proctors for respondent.

SHELBOURNE, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in Admiralty. The libel charges that on the morning of September 23, 1947, the barge HKY 555 was moored to a pump dock at Winona, Minnesota, discharging its cargo of gasoline into the storage tanks located on the banks of the Mississippi River, when the motor vessel Elisha Woods proceeding upstream, due to its negligent handling, maneuvering and speed, created such wave wash and suction as to break the mooring lines...

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