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INDIAN TOWING COMPANY v. THE M/V SUWANNEE

No. 2534.

139 F.Supp. 547 (1956)

INDIAN TOWING COMPANY, Incorporated, as owner of THE M/V CHEROKEE, Libellant, v. THE M/V SUWANNEE, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc. and River Transit Company, Respondent.

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

April 2, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Lansing L. Mitchell, New Orleans, La., Proctors for libellant.

Lemle & Kelleher, George B. Matthews, New Orleans, La., Proctors for respondent.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

This libel in admiralty is based on a collision between the M/V Cherokee, a converted United States Navy YMS, and a barge in tow of the M/V Suwannee, after daylight on the morning of June 29, 1953, in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, just east of Catfish Point, in Lake Borgne, Louisiana. The Cherokee alone sustained damage for which her owner makes claim in this action.

The M/V Cherokee was a wooden vessel, approximately 125...

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