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PAGE v. UNITED STATES

No. 1874.

105 F.Supp. 99 (1952)

PAGE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

May 20, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bloch, McCloskey & Dennery and Joseph McCloskey, all of New Orleans, La., for libelants.

John N. McKay, U. S. Atty., Lansing L. Mitchell, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondent.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

This case presents the unusual situation in which the owners of a vessel in distress, having sought and received the aid of the Coast Guard, now seek to hold the United States for the loss of their vessel. They allege incompetence and negligence on the part of the crew aboard the Coast Guard vessel which answered their call for help.

The scene of this disaster is treacherous Lake Pontchartrain. Libelants were the owners of the auxiliary...

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