Eymard v. The Bonnie Ruth

CHRISTENBERRY, Chief Judge.

The above entitled cause having come on for hearing on the pleadings and proof of the respective parties, and having been argued by respective counsel, the Court being fully informed in the premises, after due deliberation makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:

Findings of Fact.

I. On November 4, 1951, at approximately 1:00 a. m., the Trawler New Iron-side departed Cut Off, Louisiana, bound west for South West Pass, via the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and shrimping grounds in the Gulf of Mexico.

II. The New Ironside was a small wooden trawler…