KEYMON v. TENNESSEE TOWING COMPANY

No. 14441.

296 F.2d 785 (1961)

Clyde KEYMON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TENNESSEE TOWING COMPANY and Cale P. Haun, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 14, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Waller, Nashville, Tenn., and John L. Quinlan, New York City (D. L. Lansden and Waller, Davis & Lansden, Nashville, Tenn., John L. Quinlan, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

Ward DeWitt, Jr., and William J. Harbison, Nashville, Tenn. (Charles C. Trabue, Jr., Trabue, Minick, Sturdivant & Harbison, Nashville, Tenn., Shepherd, Heiskell, Williams, Beall & Wall, Memphis, Tenn., Irving N. Stenn, Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MILLER, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and MAGRUDER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff, Clyde Keymon, a seaman within the purview of the Admiralty Courts, brought an action against the Tennessee Towing Company and Cale P. Haun. The defendant, Haun, was owner, and Tennessee Towing Company was lessee of the vessel "John Luchow." Haun was President of the Tennessee Towing Company. Keymon sought to recover damages for personal injuries, both on the allegation of negligence under the Jones Act [46 U.S.C.A. § 688] and on a charge...

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