Strickland v. MOBILE TOWING AND WRECKING CO., INC.

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of non-suit dated January 24, 1974, requested by the plaintiff after the trial court had sustained defendant’s plea in abatement after a hearing.

Borden Strickland, as administrator, filed suit against Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company, Inc., seeking damages for fatal injuries to one of its employees, William Woodruff Jackson, who died on March 12, 1965. The suit was filed under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. A. § 688, which provides in pertinent part:

“ * * * in the case of the death of any seaman as a result of any such personal…