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WILKES v. MISSISSIPPI RIVER SAND & GRAVEL CO.

No. 11548.

202 F.2d 383 (1953)

WILKES et al. v. MISSISSIPPI RIVER SAND & GRAVEL CO.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

March 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wils Davis and Earl P. Davis, Memphis, Tenn. (Von Mayes and Fred L. Henley, Caruthersville, Mo., Davis & Davis, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

James M. Reeves, Caruthersville, Mo., L. E. Gwinn, Memphis, Tenn. (Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

These two appeals from the dismissal of libels in Admiralty, which were consolidated for trial in the district court, have been heard together. The libelant administrators brought actions for damages under the Jones Act, Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for the deaths of Paul D. Godsey, Jr., and Edward A. Resch (their respective decedents) caused by the negligence of respondent while decedents were employed on barges, or a dredge boat, operated...

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