McDANIEL v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 74-1458 Summary Calendar.

494 F.2d 1189 (1974)

Auria McDANIEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY and Cher-Ami Seafood Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Frank McGee, Robert K. Guillory, Eunice, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from summary judgment for defendants based on lack of federal jurisdiction. At the time of his injuries, appellant was the owner/operator of a shrimping vessel. He sought to invoke federal admiralty jurisdiction by alleging that his injuries resulted from breach of a maritime contract involving the disposition of his shrimp catches.1 The court below relied on depositions and affidavits of defendant Cher-Ami's...

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