MAGNOLIA TOWING COMPANY v. PACE

No. 23708.

378 F.2d 12 (1967)

MAGNOLIA TOWING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Charles Robert PACE, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Everett, Jr., William G. Beanland, Vicksburg, Miss., Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Vicksburg, Miss., of counsel, for appellant.

Charles W. Franklin, Baton Rouge, La., M. E. Ward, Vicksburg, Miss., Emmett E. Batson, Baton Rouge, La., Franklin & Keogh, Baton Rouge, La., Dent, Ward, Martin & Terry, Vicksburg, Miss., of counsel, for appellee.

Before RIVES, COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In an action for injury to a seaman under the Jones Act,1 the jury returned a general verdict for the plaintiff, accompanied by answers to interrogatories which included the following:

"I "Was Plaintiff (Pace) injured while engaged in any act in direct furtherance of, aid to or assistance of the operation of the `Vicksburger'2 Tug Boat for defendant on April 19, 1963?

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