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J. S. GISSEL & CO. v. DIXIE CARRIERS

No. 2058 and 2086 Admiralty.

117 F.Supp. 612 (1954)

J. S. GISSEL & CO. et al. v. DIXIE CARRIERS, Inc. THE BEN B. AMERICAN BARGE LINE CO. v. THE SAN JACINTO et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for J. S. Gissel & Company, the Tug San Jacinto and Shell Oil Co.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks & Claverie, Charles Dunbar, III, New Orleans, La., for American Barge Line Co.

Lemle & Kelleher, Selim B. Lemle, New Orleans, La., for Dixie Carriers, Inc., and the Tug Ben B.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

At about noon on June 20, 1951 in the Gulf Intracoastal Canal, the Tug Ben B, proceeding west with a hawser tow of five empty barges, was in collision with the face barge of the Tug San Jacinto, proceeding east with a pusher tow of three loaded oil tank barges. The responsibility for this collision gives rise to this case.

The San Jacinto is a single screw Diesel Tug 64.9 feet in length, 18.6 feet in beam with a draft of 8 feet. Overall...

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