DEMPSEY v. DOWNING

No. 2364.

11 F.2d 15 (1926)

DEMPSEY et al. v. DOWNING et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 12, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Oast, Jr., of Norfolk, Va. (Oast, Kelsey & Jett, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

H. H. Little, of Norfolk, Va. (Hughes, Little & Seawell, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WADDILL, ROSE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

The libel in this case was filed by the appellees to recover damages to certain portions of cargo placed by appellees upon the barges Katherine Dempsey and Experiment, owned and operated by appellants, because of the alleged unseaworthiness of the barges. The case arose in this manner:

In the month of April, 1922, the British steamship Justin, loaded with a general cargo from New York to South America, via Hampton Roads for coaling...

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