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IN RE ATLASS' PETITION

Nos. 14872, 14873.

350 F.2d 592 (1965)

Petition of H. Leslie ATLASS For Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability as The Owner of a Certain Vessel Known as The YACHT SIS. Catherine MUTH, Administratrix of the Estate of Clem Muth, deceased, and Mollie Darr, Administratrix of the Estate of Kurt Darr, deceased, Claimants-Appellants, v. Harriet M. ATLASS and Chicago Title and Trust Company, Executors of the Will of H. Leslie Atlass, Petitioners-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Raszus, Harold Liebenson, Chicago, Ill., for Mollie Darr, claimant-appellant.

Robert W. MacDonald, G. Kent Yowell, Chicago, Ill., for claimant-appellant Catherine Muth.

Edward B. Hayes, Warren C. Ingersoll, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners-appellees and cross-appellants.

Before KILEY, SWYGERT and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding in Admiralty was initiated by H. Leslie Atlass as the owner of the yacht "Sis," under the Limitation of Liability Act (46 U.S.C.A. §§ 183-189) and Rules 51-54 of the Rules of Practice in Admiralty and Maritime Cases, for exoneration from or, in the alternative, limitation of liability under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688), for the death by drowning of two seamen, Clem Muth and Kurt Darr. Their representatives...

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