SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. ALAMO CHEMICAL TRANSPORTATION CO.

Civ. A. No. 68-120.

300 F.Supp. 1002 (1969)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. ALAMO CHEMICAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and the TUG MOLLY SMITH, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc.

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

June 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Burke, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

John Poitevent, Edward J. Brandao, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., James E. Ross, Blades, Crain, Slator, Winters & Ross, Houston, Tex., for defendant.


WEST, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, Southern Pacific Company, brings this suit seeking recovery for damages allegedly sustained by it when the defendant's tug, the MOLLY SMITH, with her two barges in tow, the ALAMO 3000 and the ALAMO 3001, struck the fender system protecting its Berwick Bay Drawbridge on the morning of June 15, 1968. Defendant denies that the MOLLY SMITH or her tow struck the fenders involved, and denies that it in any way caused the damage complained of...

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