LAVALL v. UNITED STATES


92 F.Supp. 532 (1950)

LAVALL et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Standard, New York City, for libelants.

Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., New York City, Martin J. Norris, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for respondents.


NOONAN, District Judge.

The libelants, members of the crew of the S.S. Jesse Billingsley have instituted this action to recover an award for alleged salvage services which they claim were rendered by them to their own vessel on November 19, 1945.

From all of the evidence adduced at the trial, I am not at all persuaded that the libelants have established by a fair preponderance of the credible evidence, that the abandonment of the S.S. Jesse Billingsley was...

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