TETTERTON v. ARCTIC TANKERS

No. 461 of 1950.

116 F.Supp. 429 (1953)

TETTERTON v. ARCTIC TANKERS, Inc., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondents.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is an action in admiralty brought by the administratrix of the estate of Fenner Tetterton, a seaman, to recover damages for his death. Tetterton, while mentally deranged, committed suicide on board the S. S. New London, owned by Arctic Tankers, Inc., and at the time operated under bareboat charter by United Tankers Corporation, through Mathiasen's Tankers Industries, as operating agent. The tort alleged is failure on the part of the...

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