STANGA v. McCORMICK SHIPPING CORPORATION

No. 17491.

268 F.2d 544 (1959)

Mr. and Mrs. A. T. STANGA, Appellants, v. McCORMICK SHIPPING CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William McM. King, Thomas J. Meunier, Ellis, Lancaster, Daly & King, Dodd, Hirsch, Barker & Meunier, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Andrew R. Martinez, William E. Wright, New Orleans, La., Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Martinez & Yancey, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The basic questions here are (1) whether service of process upon a local travel agency which has booked the space, and executed and issued the passage ticket for a voyage wholly outside of Louisiana is valid as to the nonresident steamship company in a passenger's suit for injuries, and (2) if not, was the District Court right in ordering a final dismissal.

As the Court is not unanimous as to the correctness of the District Court...

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