SCOTT v. MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES CO., S.A.


240 F.Supp. 1 (1965)

Frances Louise SCOTT, as Executrix of the Estate of William Anthony Scott, Deceased, Libelant, v. MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES CO., S.A., Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Speiser, Shumate, Geoghan & Law, New York City, for libelant; Charles F. Krause, New York City, of counsel.

Symmers, Fish & Warner, New York City, Proctors for respondent.


PALMIERI, District Judge.

This is a motion brought by the libelant for an order granting leave to file an amended libel and for an order overruling the respondent's exceptions to the libel.

The libelant is the executrix of the estate of William Anthony Scott who died in a crash of one of the respondent's planes en route from Beirut, Lebanon, to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The action is brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq.,...

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