Legal Opinion
Mary Harris, Widow of Dupree Butler v. George W. Whiteman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1957No. 16421_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, the widow and children of Dupree Butler, appeal from the order of the trial court directing a verdict for the defendant ship owner and the judgment based on such directed verdict. The suit was brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688.
Butler's death was due to drowning. There were no eyewitnesses to the circumstances surrounding his falling into the water. 1 He was last seen around noon on October 7, 1953, and his body was recovered from the river several days later. On the morning he was last seen he had been engaged in the engine room cleaning the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Desper v. Starved Rock Ferry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- English v. MattsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Holm v. Cities Service Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Teche Lines, Inc. v. BoyetteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Martin v. John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Admiral Towing Company, a Corporation and Walter B. Martinson v. Theo Woolen and Dorothy E. ConeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Thibodeaux v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Felix Bodden v. Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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