LAMB v. INTERSTATE S. S. CO.

No. 9960.

149 F.2d 914 (1945)

LAMB et al. v. INTERSTATE S. S. CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 25, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Lamb, of Toledo, Ohio, for appellants.

Lucian Y. Ray, of Cleveland, Ohio (Duncan, Leckie, McCreary, Schlitz & Hinslea, Lucian Y. Ray, and J. Harold Traverse, all of Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee Interstate Steamship Co.

Before HICKS, HAMILTON, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

On October 23, 1941, at about 1:50 o'clock a. m., while it was raining, the tug, America, was attempting to release the steamer, B. F. Jones, a bulk freighter, from the strand in the Detroit River a short distance above Belle Isle, and the America turned over and sank. The tug carried a crew of thirteen men, seven of whom drowned when she capsized.

Appellants, personal representatives of four of the deceased, instituted these actions...

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