HOLLOWAY CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. v. BELTZ-BEATTY, INC.

No. 18414.

293 F.2d 474 (1961)

HOLLOWAY CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. BELTZ-BEATTY, INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe E. McDonald, Sanders, McEwen, Schwarz & Mims, Orlando, Fla., for appellant.

Alton G. Pitts, of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, Fla., for Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

J. Thomas Gurney, of Gurney, McDonald & Handley, Orlando, Fla., for Beltz-Beatty, Inc. and John L. Brumley.

Tom Watson, of Watson & Watson, Orlando, Fla., for J. Ross Bechtel and Samuel Faron.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and JONES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the owner of a motor cruiser from a judgment of the trial court, sitting in admiralty, denying its plea to limit liability under 46 U.S.C.A. § 183, and assessing damages for losses incurred by others from an explosion and fire which occurred on board the boat.

Appellant owned the Overtime, a 27-foot cabin cruiser. For sometime it had been used almost entirely by its President, Williamson. Gradually Williamson...

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