WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
This libel seeks a recovery for the death of a seaman, Willie Turner, while a member of the crew of the SS Southport, owned by Blidberg-Rothchild Company, Inc. The claim is filed under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S. C.A. §§ 761-767, and the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. Because the decedent was survived by a non-dependent daughter (born December 20, 1943), the mother, who is the libellant here, is not entitled...
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