Henson v. Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge,

In an admiralty proceeding for limitation of liability under 46 USCA § 183, appellant was the petitioner, and the appellee as administrator a claimant for the estates of Bennett McGee, Henrietta McGee, and Robert Lee MeG opposing in its answer the petitioner>s claim to under the statute. The was refeiTed to a Commis_ sioner, wh(>se ¿dings ^ eonehlsions alW_ “S t}ie claims, assessing damages, and deny-™f> ^e petition, were excepted^ to. The Dis-Judge, in conformity with Admiralty ^ule 46% (28 USCA § 723), also made findings ^ac^> and Ms conclusions of law resulted in a…