STARK v. TEXAS CO.

No. 8277.

88 F.2d 182 (1937)

STARK v. TEXAS CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. J. Blackwell and Dewey Knight, both of Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Henry C. Eidenbach and Charles W. Hagen, both of New York City, and M. L. Mershon, of Miami, Fla., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from interlocutory decrees in admiralty (1) overruling a motion to dismiss a petition for limitation of liability and (2) refusing to recall and set aside an order restraining prosecution of a suit for damages, pending disposition of the petition for limitation. At the outset the question of jurisdiction presents itself.

It appears from the allegations of the pleadings in the record that on August 10, 1935, an explosion...

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