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M. A. SMITH DRILLING CORPORATION v. TUG CAPTAIN AL

No. 4309.

230 F.Supp. 260 (1964)

M. A. SMITH DRILLING CORPORATION v. TUG CAPTAIN AL, her engine, tackle and apparel, and Alphonse Allemand; TUG SKIPPER ANN, her engine, tackle and apparel, and Paul Danos; TUG LITTLE JIM, her engine, tackle and apparel, and Orleans Pitre; and TUG BETTY LOU, her engine, tackle and apparel, and Ernest Moise and Harold Collins.

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

June 2, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Ferguson, II, Cobb & Wright, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Francis Emmett, Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for Tug Captain Al and Alphonse Allemand.

George A. Frilot, III, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for Tug Skipper Ann and Paul Danos.

James B. Kemp, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Tug Little Jim and Orleans Pitre and Tug Betty Lou and Ernest Moise and Harold Collins.

No. 4309, Division "C".

WEST, District Judge.

Libelant sues for damages to its drilling barge resulting from a collision which occurred in Louisiana's Intracoastal Canal during the early morning of March 18, 1959. At the time of the collision, libelant's barge, known as the Smith Barge RIG NO. 4, was being towed by two tugs, the CAPTAIN AL, and the SKIPPER ANN. During a passing maneuver, it collided with the drilling barge known as the O. W. DYER II, which...

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