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BELL v. TUG SHRIKE

No. 9178.

332 F.2d 330 (1964)

Mrs. Mary Virginia BELL, individually and as administratrix of the Estate of John Ware Bell, deceased, Appellant, v. TUG SHRIKE, in rem, Southern Transportation Company, Incorporated, a corporation, and Southern Tug Corporation, in personam, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

Roy L. Sykes, Norfolk, Va. (R. Arthur Jett, Jr., and Jett, Sykes & Berkley, Norfolk, Va., on brief) for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The Jones Act suit brought by Mrs. Mary Virginia Bell for the death of John Ware Bell, a seaman, was settled before trial for an agreed sum; yet this further litigation has been necessary to resolve the validity of her claim as John Ware Bell's "surviving widow."1 There was and is no problem of competing claimants. The sole issue is whether the District Court properly concluded...

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