LOC-WOOD BOAT & MOTORS v. ROCKWELL

No. 15695.

245 F.2d 306 (1957)

LOC-WOOD BOAT & MOTORS, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Darwin F. ROCKWELL; Richard Lamberty; Mose Gump and Ercie Gump; Darrell W. Hodges and Gladys Marie Hodges; Carole K. Allen, and Vincent H. Allen, Jr., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Smith and Howard L. Swartzman, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Henry G. Eager, Kansas City, Mo., and Bernard T. Schafersman, Fremont, Neb. (Blackmar, Swanson, Midgley, Jones & Eager, Kansas City, Mo., and Richards, Yost & Schafersman, Fremont, Neb., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty determining that the Loc-Wood Boat & Motors, Inc., a Missouri corporation, which owned a motor boat, Grand Glaize, was liable for personal injuries, property loss and deaths which occurred May 28, 1954, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, when the boat capsized on the Lake of the Ozarks during a storm. The Grand Glaize was 36 feet long and 8½ feet wide, and was used to carry passengers on sight...

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