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IN RE HARRIS

No. 3461, Division D.

216 F.Supp. 176 (1963)

In re Arthur E. HARRIS, d/b/a Arthur Harris Marine Towing Petitioning for Exoneration from, or Limitation of, Liability.

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

March 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Paul A. Gaudet, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Talley, Anthony & Hughes, John W. Anthony, Bogalusa, La., Lemle & Kelleher, N. B. Barkley, Jr., George B. Matthews, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, John P. Hammond, Kierr & Gainsburgh, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for claimants.

Adams & Reese, Richard C. Baldwin, New Orleans, La., trustee.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

The tug RALPH E. HAVENS sank in the Gulf of Mexico during heavy gales. Two of the four crew members died in the catastrophe. The owner of the tug petitions this court for an exoneration from, or limitation of, liability, pursuant to General Admiralty Rules 51-54 and 46 U.S.C. §§ 183-189. One of the survivors and the heirs of two other deceased crewmen filed claims and answers herein opposing the petition. The court finds that the...

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