BRADY v. THE STEAMSHIP AFRICAN QUEEN

No. 8056.

179 F.Supp. 321 (1960)

Paul K. BRADY, Lloyd E. Deir, Beldon N. Little and Alvah E. Sadler, Libellants, v. THE STEAMSHIP AFRICAN QUEEN, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

As Amended January 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va., Landon Maxey, Suffolk, Va., and J. Lewis Rawls, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for Brady, Deir and Sadler.

Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for Little.

David H. Batchelder, Jr., Norfolk, Va., and Zock, Petrie, Sheneman & Reid, John Sheneman, New York City, for Gifford B. Warner, intervening libellant.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Harry E. McCoy, Norfolk, Va., for Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., intervening libellant.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

In this controversy between the libellants, Brady, Deir, Little and Sadler, on the one part, and the intervening libellant, Warner, on the other part, it is clear that Warner first boarded the stern section of the African Queen on March 11, 1959, following its abandonment by the owners and underwriters on February 12, 1959; the vessel having previously grounded on a shoal nine miles off...

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