Lind v. United States

L. FIAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellants appeal from a decree in the admiralty, granting them only half damages for the loss of the fishing vessel, “Mary,” with the crew’s personal effects, in a collision with the respondent’s ship, “Abner Doubleday,” on the night of April 18, 1944. The jurisdiction is under the Suits in Admiralty Act, § 741 et seq. of Title 46 U.S.C.A., and the Public Vessels Act, § 781 et seq. of Title 46 U.S.C.A. The “Mary,” seventy feet long and driven by a diesel engine, was in command of one Olsen, one of the libellants; she had a crew of five besides him; and for half an…