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CHANEY v. CITY OF GALVESTON

No. 23222.

368 F.2d 774 (1966)

W. F. CHANEY, Appellant, v. CITY OF GALVESTON et al., Appellees. EARL J. SMITH & CO., Inc., Appellant, v. CITY OF GALVESTON et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Ravkind, Houston, Tex., Mandell & Wright, Houston, Tex., for W. F. Chaney.

Edward W. Watson, Galveston, Tex., J. P. Forney, Jr., Houston, Tex., Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Galveston, Tex., of counsel, for Earl J. Smith & Co.

Bryan F. Williams, Jr., V. W. McLeod, Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Galveston, Tex., for Southern Stevedoring & Contracting Co., Inc.

McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, Galveston, Tex., for appellee, City of Galveston.

Before WISDOM, BELL and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, W. F. Chaney, is an injured longshoreman who filed this libel in admiralty against the City of Galveston and Earl J. Smith & Company, Inc., owner and operator of the SS SMITH DEFENDER. A cross libel was filed by Smith against the City and an impleading petition was filed by Smith against Southern Stevedoring & Contracting Company, Inc. From an adverse judgment of the district court dismissing his suit, libelant has appealed...

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