Union Sulphur & Oil Corp. v. W. J. Jones & Son, Inc.

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Union Sulphur and Oil Corporation, hereafter Union Sulphur, appeals from a decree in admiralty denying it either indemnity or contribution from W. J. Jones & Son, Inc., hereafter Jones, Inc., im-pleaded by Union Sulphur as respondent claimed to have such liability to Union Sulphur because of the latter’s discharge of a liability owed by both parties to Marshall, the libellant against Union Sulphur’s ship. The admiralty jurisdiction was invoked by a libel in rem against Union Sulphur’s steamship Herman Frasch filed by one Marshall claiming for personal injuries received…