KNIGHT v. E. E. SAUNDERS & COMPANY

Civ. No. 622-P, Admiralty No. 629-P.

134 F.Supp. 7 (1955)

Paul M. KNIGHT, Plaintiff, v. E. E. SAUNDERS & COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Defendant. Paul M. KNIGHT, Libellant, v. M/V The MYSTIC C, etc., and E. E. Saunders & Company, a Florida corporation, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

September 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte K. Rassner and Arthur Roth, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff and libellant.

Yonge, Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, Fla., for defendant and respondent.


DE VANE, Chief Judge.

These two cases were consolidated for trial and will be disposed of under one Memorandum Decision.

A libel was filed by Knight against the "Mystic C" on September 24, 1953. In that libel suit it was alleged "that at all times pertinent to this cause of action until the 7th day of July, 1952 libellant was employed aboard the `Mystic C' by respondent." It was further alleged that on May 15, 1952, while aboard the "Mystic C" libellant was...

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