PETITION OF SANDRA & DENNIS FISHING CO.

No. 62-27-C.

209 F.Supp. 835 (1962)

Petition of SANDRA & DENNIS FISHING CORP. for exoneration from or limitation of its liability as owner of the FISHING VESSEL BARBARA AND GAIL.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

October 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour P. Edgerton, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Harry Kisloff, Boston, Mass., for respondent.


CAFFREY, District Judge.

The petitioner, Sandra & Dennis Fishing Corp., has excepted to the claim of Judith Wycherski, a minor daughter of the late Walter Wycherski. Walter Wycherski was a crew member of the fishing vessel BARBARA AND GAIL, owned by petitioner, who drowned as a result of the sinking of the BARBARA AND GAIL.

The exception is based on the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, which provides in pertinent part that "in case of the death of...

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