D. M. PICTON & CO. v. EASTES

No. 11755.

160 F.2d 189 (1947)

D. M. PICTON & CO., Inc., et al. v. EASTES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1947.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 23, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. F. Porter, of Lake Charles, La., M. A. Grace and Edwin H. Grace, both of New Orleans, La., David M. Picton, Jr., of Houston, Tex., and Major T. Bell, of Beaumont, Tex., for appellants.

Alvin O. King and C. A. McCoy, both of Lake Charles, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 23, 1947. See 67 S.Ct. 1756.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The libel was in personam for damages to the motor boat "Tramp," as the result of a collision in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, a mile or two from the shore line, with a partly submerged and concealed pile. The claim was that it was the fault of both respondents that the pile was there constituting a concealed menace to navigation. The fault charged against Superior was...

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