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C. J. DICK TOWING CO. v. THE LEO

A. D. Nos. 808, 810, 824, 860.

98 F.Supp. 455 (1951)

C. J. DICK TOWING CO. v. THE LEO et al. Petition of BUTCHER-ARTHUR, Inc. BOZEMAN & GRAY v. THE DISPATCH et al. TEXAS CO. v. THE DISPATCH et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

Supplemental Opinion May 29, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates, Houston, Tex. (Carl G. Stearns, M. S. McCorquodale, and Sweeney J. Doehring, all of Houston, Tex.), for C. J. Dick Towing Co.

Royston & Rayzor, Houston, Tex. (Robert Eikel, of Houston, Tex.), for Commercial Petroleum & Transport Co., formerly Butcher-Arthur, Inc.

Clarence S. Eastham, of Houston, Tex. and Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, of New Orleans, La. for The Texas Co.

Merrill & Scott, Houston, Tex. (Frank L. Merrill, of Houston, Tex.), and John D., M. A., & Edwin N. Grace, of New Orleans, La., for Bozeman & Gray.

KENNERLY, Chief Judge.

On the morning of November 28, 1947, the Tug "Dispatch" was enroute eastward from Port Neches, Texas, pushing ahead of her three barges. The tug and barges were owned by the C. J. Dick Towing Company. The barges were the Bascomb W. Smith (in the lead), the Barge NBC 486 (in the middle), and the Barge Barrett J. Woods (the stern barge next to the tug). Such barges were loaded with gasoline belonging to The Texas Company and were destined for...

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