MEJIA v. UNITED STATES

No. 11314.

152 F.2d 686 (1945)

MEJIA et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. A. Grace and Edwin H. Grace, both of New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Herbert W. Christenberry, U. S. Atty., of New Orleans, La., and L. V. Cooley, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., of Slidell, La., for appellee.

Before McCORD and LEE, Circuit Judges.


LEE, Circuit Judge.

Two minor children were drowned as the result of a collision between a privately owned motor vessel, on which they were invited guests, and the Army tug "Lt. Col. Herbert L. Kidwell." The collision occurred on October 12, 1942, on the Mississippi River within the territorial limits of the state of Louisiana. More than sixteen months later appellants, the parents of the children, proceeding under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et...

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