HOLLEY v. THE MANFRED STANSFIELD

No. 7802.

186 F.Supp. 805 (1960)

Ruth HOLLEY, Administratrix of the Estate of Edward J. Holley, deceased, Libellant, v. Steamship THE MANFRED STANSFIELD, her engines, boilers, etc., in rem, and Reederei Blumenfeld, G.M. B.H., in personam, Respondents. REEDEREI BLUMENFELD, G.M.B.H., Petitioner, v. Joseph C. JETT, Respondent-Impleaded. Joseph C. JETT and Reederei Blumenfeld, G.M.B.H., Petitioners, v. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS, INC., Respondent-Impleaded.

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

September 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fine, Fine, Legum, Weinberg & Schwan, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for SS Manfred Stansfield and Reederei Blumenfeld.

Jett, Sykes & Coupland, Norfolk, Va., for Joseph C. Jett.

Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, Va., for Elizabeth River Terminals, Inc.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

In anticipation of the preparation of a final decree following the Court's opinion of July 11, 1960, in which the libellant was awarded $12,500 in an action for wrongful death under the Virginia statute, and, under the indemnity theory, the ultimate liability passed to Elizabeth River Terminals, Inc., a respondent-impleaded by the original respondent, and also impleaded by Joseph C. Jett...

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