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PFEIFFER CO. v. BILL

No. 21005.

332 F.2d 526 (1964)

P. C. PFEIFFER CO., Inc., Appellant, v. Richard Harvey BILL, the S.S. DAVID D. IRWIN and the Pure Oil Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl O. Bue, Jr., Ben L. Reynolds, Houston, Tex., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

Everett Lord, Carl Waldman, Beaumont, Tex., for appellee Richard Harvey Bill.

Dave McNeill, Jr., Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., P. A. Gaudet, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for appellee Pure Oil Co.

Before HUTCHESON, PRETTYMAN and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is a libel in admiralty brought by Richard Harvey Bill, a longshoreman, against a merchant vessel and its owner for personal injuries allegedly suffered by the libelant while working aboard the vessel. The stevedoring contractor (P. C. Pfeiffer Co., Inc.) was impleaded as a respondent. The case was tried by the district judge without a jury, and the judge made findings of fact and reached conclusions of law. He rendered judgment for the libelant....

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