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CRUSE v. SABINE TRANSP. CO.

No. 8069.

88 F.2d 298 (1937)

CRUSE et al. v. SABINE TRANSP. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Middleton, of New York City, Samuel C. Lipscomb, M. G. Adams, and Steve M. King, all of Beaumont, Tex., and Robert B. Todd, Harry F. Stiles, Jr., and Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., for appellants.

M. A. Grace, Edwin H. Grace, Daniel H. Grace, and Milton C. Grace, all of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The Sabine Transportation Company, Inc., owner of the tank steamship Rawleigh Warner, filed its petition in the District Court for limitation of liability, or exoneration therefrom, for damages caused by an explosion which occurred on board said vessel, enveloping it in flames and causing nine men to lose their lives. The ship, though badly damaged, was not wholly destroyed. A number of claims were presented to petitioner, and suits threatened...

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