Legal Opinion
Wilkes v. Mississippi River Sand & Gravel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1953No. 11548_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals from the dismissal of libels in Admiralty, which were consolidated for trial in the district court, have been heard together. The libelant administrators brought actions for damages under the Jones Act, Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for the deaths of Paul D. Godsey, Jr., and Edward A. Resch (their respective decedents) caused by the negligence of respondent while decedents were employed on barges, or a dredge boat, operated by it on the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas.
The ground upon which respondent moved to dismiss the libels was that decedents…
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3Cited by53 opinions
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