HAYCRAFT v. THE JAVA SEA

No. 36.

143 F.Supp. 303 (1956)

Alta C. HAYCRAFT, Libelant, v. THE Steamer JAVA SEA and American Barge Line Company, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

August 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Maxwell Brown, Louisville, Ky., for libelant.

Charles F. Wood, Peter, Heyburn & Marshall, Louisville, Ky., for respondents.


SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

The libel in this proceeding in Admiralty was filed April 22, 1955, and is a case, as recited in the libel, for wages * * * for maintenance, cure and damages.

Alta C. Haycraft seeks to recover for wages $2,430 against the Steamer Java Sea and the additional sum of $10,000 "damages, maintenance and cure, from the respondent American Barge Line Company, Inc."

The case was tried to the Court without a jury December 1, 1955. Briefs...

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