THORNTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 2666(S) (C).

236 F.Supp. 651 (1964)

Joseph Robert THORNTON et ux., Libelants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, S. D.

As Amended March 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Morse, Stanford Morse, Gulfport, Miss., for libelants.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jack McDill, Jackson, Miss., for respondent.


WILLIAM HAROLD COX, Chief Judge.

This is a suit under the "Suits In Admiralty Act," as amended September 13, 1960, (appearing as 46 U.S.C.A. § 742) for the loss of a fishing vessel, ("Lucky Lindy") occasioned by its striking a submerged piling in the coastal waters of Mississippi Sound. There is no controversy as to jurisdiction in this case. The United States contends that it had no liability for this loss because it had no interest in, or control over the submerged...

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