VICTORY TOWING COMPANY v. BORDELON

No. 15041.

219 F.2d 540 (1955)

VICTORY TOWING COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Allen J. BORDELON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Matthews and Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Walter E. Doane, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by a seaman against his employer to recover damages for injuries sustained because of alleged unseaworthiness of the vessel on which he was employed or because of alleged negligence of his employer. The district court simply entered judgment for the libellant in the sum of $2500.00. No findings of fact or conclusions of law were entered, as required by Admiralty Rule 46½.1 Thereupon, the...

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