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WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE IRENE CHOTIN

No. 2034.

175 F.Supp. 709 (1959)

WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, Libellant, v. THE IRENE CHOTIN, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., and Chotin Towing Corporation, Respondent.

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

August 25, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Morrison, New Orleans, La., for libellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert B. Acomb, Jr., New Orleans, La., for respondent.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

The Wabash Railroad Company is the owner of a railroad bridge located across the Illinois River at Meredosia, Illinois. In its libel the railroad alleges that, in navigating the west draw of this bridge, the Tugboat Irene Chotin, pushing a tow of two barges downriver, maneuvered the starboard side of the tow into pile cluster No. 2, a part of the shear fence running upriver from the west side of the draw. Respondent admits transiting...

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