Meier v. Texas Company

GANEY, Chief Judge.

This matter arises on the petition of Granville H. Meier, plaintiff-libellant, to vacate and set aside voluntary dismissals of a civil action for damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.G.A. § 688, and a suit in admiralty for wages, maintenance and cure, and to reinstate the action and suit upon the trial lists. The issue presented is whether a settlement of Meier’s claims had been consummated or whether it had not, and if it had, may the settlement be set aside because (a) the release involved was executed under a mutual mistake of fact by both parties, or (b) the…