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UNITED STATES v. BOYKIN

No. 6140.

49 F.2d 762 (1931)

UNITED STATES et al. v. BOYKIN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Cubberly, U. S. Atty., and G. E. Hoffman, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Pensacola, Fla., and Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to U. S. Atty., of New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Simone N. Gazan, of New York City (Simone N. Gazan, of New York City, and Ernest E. Mason, of Pensacola, Fla., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, Edward R. Boykin, as administrator of the estate of John W. Boykin, recovered for his own use as surviving parent a sum of $9,000 as damages for the death of the deceased while serving as a seaman on the steamship Antinous. The libel in personam was brought under 46 USCA § 688 against the United States and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation as owners of the ship. The vessel had a cargo of wheat under...

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