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IN RE BUTCHER

No. 688.

52 F.Supp. 385 (1943)

In re BUTCHER et al.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

October 25, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royston & Rayzor and M. L. Cook, all of Houston, Tex., for petitioners.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Wharton and Fred V. Hughes, all of Houston, Tex., and Cobb & Sanders and Lloyd J. Cobb, all of New Orleans, La., for respondents.

KENNERLY and HANNAY, District Judges.

This is a proceeding in admiralty, i.e., a petition by libellants for exoneration from or limitation of liability, filed here by libellants July 10, 1943, under Sections 181 to 189, 46 U.S.C.A.

The pleadings of libellants show that on May 18, 1943, there occurred on the Barges Sun and Star, owned by libellants, a series of explosions which practically destroyed the Barge Star and seriously damaged the Barge Sun. At that...

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