NOLAN v. JENSEN

No. 7914.

272 F.2d 630 (1959)

Joseph W. NOLAN et al., Appellants, v. Leo JENSEN et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Howell, Anninos & Daugherty, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, on brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Circuit Judge, and BUTLER, District Judge.


BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, sustaining a motion to quash service of process, sustaining exceptions to the jurisdiction of the court and dismissing the case.

The case, involving a claim for salvage, was tried on the admiralty side of the court. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not apply in proceedings in admiralty. Rule 81(a) (1), 28...

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