PETITION OF SHERIDAN


50 F.Supp. 779 (1943)

Petition of SHERIDAN et al.

District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

July 28, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan W. Thompson, of Portland, Me., and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City, for petitioners.

Abraham L. Kaplan, of Boston, Mass., for claimants.

Hale & Dorr, of Boston, Mass., and William B. Mahoney, of Portland, Me., for O'Hara Vessels Co.


PETERS, District Judge.

This case arises on petition of D. T. Sheridan and Sheridan Transportation, Inc., owner and operator, respectively, of the barge "Winifred Sheridan", for exemption from or limitation of liability. Revised Statutes, Sections 4283-4287, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 183-187. The proceeding immediately followed the libelling of the barge in a suit instituted by members of the crew of the fishing schooner "Mary E.

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