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TORRENCE v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION

No. 26194.

408 F.2d 873 (1969)

Mrs. Ernestine Smith TORRENCE, Appellant, v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., Charles E. Lugenbuhl, New Orleans, La., for appellee; Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before GEWIN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and CHOATE, Senior District Judge.

CHOATE, Senior District Judge:

This is an action brought by the appellant, Mrs. Ernestine Smith Torrence, for herself and her seven minor children, for the wrongful death of her husband, Robert Torrence, captain of the tug Captain George. Torrence's death was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the captain, crew, or owner of the M/V Mariner, owned and operated by the appellee. Other defendants were dismissed...

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