NOEL v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY

No. 8150.

287 F.2d 783 (1961)

Jesse NOEL, Appellant, v. ISBRANDTSEN COMPANY, Incorporated, a corporation, and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va. (Joseph S. Bambacus, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

A marine surveyor who sustained injuries in a fall while engaged in an inspection of the steamship William Bevan, owned by the United States and under bare-boat charter to Isbrandtsen Company, filed a three-pronged libel in admiralty. The libellant, Jesse Noel, described his action as one in personam against the United States and Isbrandtsen upon the familiar grounds, first, unseaworthiness of the vessel, and second,

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