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MUTUAL OIL COMPANY v. M/V THE SWAMP ANGEL

No. 2594.

157 F.Supp. 321 (1957)

MUTUAL OIL COMPANY, Inc., a corporation, Owner of the Barges THE MUTUAL NO. 2 and THE GERTRUDE K, Libellant, v. M/V THE SWAMP ANGEL, her tackle, etc., and Thurston Crawford, doing business as River Transit Company, a sole Proprietorship, Respondent-Claimant, Thurston CRAWFORD, doing business as River Transit Company, as Owner of THE BARGE RT-34, Cross-Libellant, v. THE Tug OLD MACK (formerly the Tug THE GEORGE B. ZEIGLER), her boilers, etc., and Mutual Oil Company, Inc., a corporation, as owner of said tug, Cross-Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Alabama, S. D.

As Amended February 5, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander F. Lankford of Hand, Arendall & Bedsole, Mobile, Ala., Faris, Leake & Emmett, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

George F. Wood, of Pillans, Reams, Tappan, Wood & Roberts, Mobile, Ala., for respondent.

THOMAS, District Judge.

At about 5:00 a. m., on January 16, 1957, the tow of the Tug Old Mack (then the Tug George B. Zeigler), owned by the Mutual Oil Company, and the tow of the M/V Swamp Angel collided at Coffeeville Bend on the left descending bank of the Tombigbee River between Miles 118 and 119. The Mutual Oil Company, as owner of the damaged Barges Mutual No. 2 and Gertrude K, libelled the M/V Swamp Angel and Thurston Crawford, doing business as River Transit...

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