LA RUE v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

No. 6079.

181 F.2d 895 (1950)

LA RUE et al. v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Duke Avnet, Baltimore, Md., for appellants.

Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md. (Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland dismissing a libel filed by thirty-three unlicensed crew members of the S. S. Fra Berlanga and three shore workmen against the United Fruit Company. Libelants sought to recover for alleged salvage services rendered to the S. S. San Jose on November 29, 1948, in the harbor of Puerto Cortes, Honduras. Upon the conclusion of all the evidence, the...

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