Hickman v. Taylor

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The plaintiff’s husband was one of five seamen who were drowned when the Tug “J. M. Taylor,” capsized, on February 6, 1943. On November 26, 1943, she began this suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for his death, and thereafter filed 39 interrogatories, of which No. 38 is as follows:

“State whether any statements of the members of the crews of the Tugs ‘J. M. Taylor’ and ‘Philadelphia’ or of any other vessel were taken in connection with the towing of the car float and the sinking of the Tug ‘John M. Taylor.’ Attach hereto exact copies of…