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MARKLE v. UNITED STATES

No. 83.

8 F.2d 87 (1925)

MARKLE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 1, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lockhart, Hughes, Lockhart & Rayzor, of Galveston, Tex., and Fouts & Patterson, of Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Franklin & Blankenbecker, of Houston, Tex., for the United States.

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam, brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, §§ 1251¼-1251¼l), to recover damages for breach of contract to carry safely, as provided in the bill of lading, libelant alleges: (1) That the steamship Gaffney was owned by the United States and employed as a merchant vessel; (2) that the steamship Gaffney was within the jurisdiction of the United States, being upon...

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