MAYRONNE MUD & CHEMICAL CORP. v. T-W DRILLING CO.

Admiralty Nos. 2738, 2739, Civ. A. No. 5835.

168 F.Supp. 800 (1958)

MAYRONNE MUD & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Libellant, v. T-W DRILLING COMPANY et al., Respondents. OIL FIELD BARGES, Inc., Libellant, v. T-W DRILLING COMPANY et al., Respondents. T-W DRILLING COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant.

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

December 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, J. Barbee Winston, New Orleans, La., for libellants Mayronne Mud & Chemical Corp. and Oil Field Barges, Inc.

Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, C. D. Marshall, David J. Conroy, New Orleans, La., for respondent and plaintiff, T-W Drilling Co.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Pat F. Bass, New Orleans, La., for defendant The Travelers Indem. Co.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

The only issues presented by this litigation are whether the claim of Oil Field Barges, Inc. for damage to its barge, and the claim of the Mayronne Mud & Chemical Corporation for damage to its mud aboard the barge, caused by a blowout of an oil well being drilled by the T-W Drilling Company for Humble Oil Company, are covered under T-W's comprehensive liability policy with The Travelers Indemnity Company, and whether Travelers...

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