AULD v. SHRIMPER SHIP ISLE

Civ. A. Nos. 4779-67, 4724-67.

313 F.Supp. 577 (1969)

Thomas A. AULD, as Owner of the SHRIMPER DOLPHIN, Plaintiff, v. The SHRIMPER SHIP ISLE, her engines, tackle, and equipment, etc. and the SHRIMPER LADY ERIKA, etc., Defendants. George E. SPELLMEYER, as Owner of the TRAWLER TERESA JULIA, Plaintiff, v. The SHRIMPER SHIP ISLE, and Island Trawlers, Inc., her owners, the Shrimper Lady Erika and Y. E. Hall, Inc., as Owners of the Lady Erika, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Alabama, S. D.

June 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Tappan, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Frank B. McRight, Mobile, Ala., for defendant Lady Erika.

Oliver J. Latour, Jr., Mobile, Ala., and Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, New Orleans, La., for defendant Shrimper Ship Isle.


DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Chief Judge.

These actions, consolidated for trial by this Court's Pretrial Order of June 19, 1968, are causes in the nature of an Admiralty action under the terms of Rule 9(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for which this Court has jurisdiction. The matters came on before the Court, sitting without a jury, on February 6, 1969, and I now enter the following opinion.

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