HEADEN v. POPE & TALBOT, INCORPORATED

No. 12253.

252 F.2d 739 (1958)

Willie B. HEADEN, Administratrix of the Estate of Fred Headen, Deceased, Appellant, v. POPE & TALBOT, Incorporated (Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff), Jarka Corporation of Philadelphia (Third-Party Defendant).

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1958.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa. (W. R. Lorry, William M. Alper, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

T. E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

Problems at once absorbing and perplexing confront a court when the facts of an appeal involve the presumption of the continuance of a prior marriage in direct conflict with the presumption of the validity of a subsequent marriage. This is such an appeal.

Fred Headen was employed as a longshoreman by the Jarka Corporation. He was killed on April 9, 1953, while assisting in unloading cargo from a vessel of the defendant.

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