BELL v. TUG SHRIKE

No. 8053.

215 F.Supp. 377 (1963)

Mary Virginia BELL, Administratrix of the Estate of John Ware Bell, Deceased, Libelant, v. TUG SHRIKE, Southern Transportation Company, Inc., Southern Tug Corp., ALLIED CHEMICAL BARGE NO. 1, and Allied Chemical Corporation, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

As Amended April 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., is proctor for libelant.

Jett, Sykes & Coupland (Roy L. Sykes), Norfolk, Va., for respondents.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. In an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, libelant seeks to recover damages for the death of her alleged husband, John Ware Bell, who was a member of the crew of the tug SHRIKE owned by Southern Tug Corporation and operated by Southern Transportation Company, Inc., as charterer thereof, when the vessel capsized and sank on September 12, 1959, resulting in the death of John Ware...

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