AMERICAN EXPORT LINES v. REVEL

No. 7787.

262 F.2d 122 (1958)

AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc., Appellant, v. John REVEL, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., in support of motion.

John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, Johnston, McCoy & Winston, Norfolk, Va., on brief), in opposition to motion.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The issue here is the timeliness of an appeal by a shipowner from a judgment obtained against it by an injured dock-worker. It is a case in which the United States, having been impleaded by the shipowner, actively participated as a third-party defendant. On this basis the appellant maintains that its appeal was timely because noted within sixty days after judgment. The appellee here, who was plaintiff below, contends that the shipowner's time...

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