SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 1037.

121 F.Supp. 778 (1953)

SMITH v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

February 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandell & Wright (Arthur J. Mandell), Houston, Tex., for libellant.

Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., Wm. G. Winters, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Royston & Rayzor (Robert Eikel), Houston, Tex., for respondent.


KENNERLY, Chief Judge.

This is a suit in Admiralty by the Administrator of the Estate of Jeff Smith, deceased, for the use of Smith's surviving father and mother, against the United States of America (for brevity called the Government) for damages alleged to have been sustained by an injury to and the death of Smith. It is claimed that such injury and death were caused by the unseaworthiness of the Steamship "Albert G. Brown" (on which Smith was a seaman and chief...

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