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CORYELL v. PHIPPS

No. 246.

317 U.S. 406 (1943)

CORYELL ET AL. v. PHIPPS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T. Catesby Jones, with whom Mr. Leonard J. Matteson was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Chauncey I. Clark, with whom Mr. Eugene Underwood was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners instituted a suit in Admiralty in the federal District Court to recover damages for the destruction of vessels owned by them as a result of a fire which occurred in June, 1935, while the vessels were afloat at Pilkington's storage basin at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The fire was caused by an explosion of gasoline fumes in the engine room of the yacht Seminole, registered in the name of Seminole Boat...

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