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BABBIDGE & HOLT, INC. v. THE HAWAIIAN PLANTER

Civ. A. Nos. 7235, 7238.

123 F.Supp. 394 (1954)

BABBIDGE & HOLT, Inc. v. THE HAWAIIAN PLANTER et al. MATSON NAVIGATION CO. v. THE COLUMBIA QUEEN et al. UNITED STATES v. THE HAWAIIAN PLANTER et al. THE COLUMBIA QUEEN. THE RACQUETTE.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

August 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. White (White, Sutherland & Parks), Portland, Or., for Babbidge & Holt, Inc., and others.

Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for the Government.

Gregory Harrison and Allan B. Aldwell (Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison), San Francisco, Cal., and Floyd A. Fredrickson (Gray & Lister), Portland, Or., for the Hawaiian Planter and another.

Kenneth E. Roberts (Mautz, Souther, Spaulding, Denecke & Kinsey), Portland, Or., for James Water Powell.

SOLOMON, Judge.

On September 24, 1953, the tug Columbia Queen, with barge Racquette, collided with The Hawaiian Planter in the Columbia River off Brookfield, Washington. These two libels, consolidated for trial, arose out of that collision.

Babbidge & Holt, Inc., and others representing the tug and barge interests libeled The Hawaiian Planter and her owner, The Matson Navigation Company, which cross-libeled to recover damages to The Hawaiian Planter.<...

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