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BENOIT v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY

No. 23448.

368 F.2d 228 (1966)

Clarence BENOIT, Appellant, v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

L. Glen Kratochvil, Schirmeyer & Kratochvil, Houston, Tex., for appellee, George E. Light Boat Storage Inc.

Thomas A. Brown, Jr., Houston, Tex., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Before JONES and DYER, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Clarence Benoit, was captain and crew of the M/V Mister Mick, owned by the appellee, George E. Light Boat Storage, Inc. The Mick, piloted by Benoit, collided with an unlighted barge of the appellee, Humble Oil & Refining Company, with injuries to Benoit and damages to both boat and barge. Benoit brought a libel against Light and Humble. Humble filed a cross-libel against Light which, in turn, brought a cross-libel against Benoit. The...

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