WATRING v. UNNAMED INBOARD MOTOR BOAT NO. WV 4488 AB

No. C. A. 3639.

322 F.Supp. 1226 (1971)

Frank M. WATRING and Vera L. Watring, Libelants, v. The UNNAMED INBOARD MOTOR BOAT NO. WV 4488 AB, her Engines, Tackle, Furniture and Appurtenances, Hoy E. Eakle, David Eakle, and Paul L. McClure, doing business as, Bee Run Dock, Respondents.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

February 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Ross, Charleston, W. Va., for libelants.

Edward W. Eardley, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W. Va., William M. Kidd, Sutton, W. Va., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

FIELD, Chief Judge.

The accident giving rise to this litigation occurred on the waters of the Sutton Reservoir, also called Sutton Lake, in Braxton County, West Virginia, on or about May 1, 1965. The Sutton Reservoir, waters contained by a dam on the Elk River known as the Sutton Dam, is located entirely within the State of West Virginia. It is alleged that the libelants herein were injured while boating on the Sutton Reservoir as a result...

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