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IN RE OIL TRANSPORT CO.

Nos. 508, 512, Admiralty.

178 F.Supp. 48 (1959)

In re OIL TRANSPORT CO., Inc., Petitioning for Exoneration from, and Limitation of, Liability. In re CHARLES C. SMITH CO., Petitioning for Exoneration from, and Limitation of, Liability.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

October 21, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Paul A Gaudet, William S. Stone, New Orleans, La., for petitioners.

James J. Morrison, Raymond H. Kierr, Arthur A. de la Houssaye, Browne & Rault, Gerard Rault, New Orleans, La., Mandell & Wright, Herman Wright, Houston, Tex., for claimants.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

On May 19, 1950, at approximately 9:30 p. m., the towboat Jane Smith1 capsized, foundered and sank in the Atchafalaya River after striking a railroad bridge at Melville, Louisiana. This litigation concerns limitation of liability proceedings filed by her bareboat charterers2 and her owner, together with the claims of representatives...

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