THOMPSON v. EARGLE

No. 6048.

182 F.2d 717 (1950)

THOMPSON et al. v. EARGLE.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger M. Heyward and Douglas McKay, Columbia, S. C., for appellants.

Thomas E. McCutchen and Henry H. Edens, Columbia, S. C. (Wise, Whaley & McCutchen, Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and DOBIE, Circuit Judge, and HAYES, District Judge.


HAYES, District Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina under the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1) (a) [now 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331 et seq.], awarding damages to the father and mother of a seaman on account of their pecuniary loss in the death of their son.

The appellants concede...

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