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WILLIAM P. BROOKS CONST. CO., INC. v. GUTHRIE

Nos. 79-2526, 79-3059 Summary Calendar.

614 F.2d 509 (1980)

WILLIAM P. BROOKS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William S. GUTHRIE, Defendant-Appellant. William S. GUTHRIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAM P. BROOKS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and William P. Brooks, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Yancey White, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellant in No. 79-2526 and plaintiff-appellant in No. 79-3059.

Kleberg & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 79-2526.

R. W. Woolsey, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 79-2526 and defendants-appellees in No. 79-3059.

Maddin, White & Brin, Inc., Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 79-3059.

Kleberg & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendants-appellees in No. 79-3059.

Before BROWN, TJOFLAT and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

A question of jurisdiction and one of the right to a jury trial are presented by these appeals. The object of the litigation is a shrimp trawler, the Moon River II. It is undisputed that William P. Brooks Construction Co. (Brooks) was at all relevant times the titleholder of record of the trawler. This litigation began when Brooks brought an action in the District Court to recover possession of the trawler from Guthrie. Brooks invoked the District...

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