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THE NOAH'S ARK v. BENTLEY & FELTON CORPORATION

No. 18696.

292 F.2d 437 (1961)

THE Oil Screw NOAH'S ARK and Charles E. Graham, Appellants, v. BENTLEY & FELTON CORPORATION, owner of THE Oil Screw CUDJOE et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Stone, New Orleans, La., Walter Humkey, James L. Hurley, Miami, Fla. (Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., Fowler, White, Gillen, Humkey & Trenam, Miami, Fla., of counsel), for appellant and cross-appellee.

Linwood Anderson, Russell C. Gay, Miami, Fla., Robert C. Youmans, Key West, Fla., Gerard Ehrich, Gay & Anderson, Miami, Fla. (Ehrich & Zuckerman, Miami, Fla., of counsel), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and DE VANE, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Growing out of the salvage of the Noah's Ark, three principal questions are raised by this appeal and cross appeal. The first is the nature of the legal liability of the salvor, the Shrimper Cudjoe, for damage sustained by the Noah's Ark as a result of the salvor's negligence. The second is the extent of the damage attributable to the fault of the salvor. And the third is whether the salvage...

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