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FONTENOT v. UNITED STATES

No. 462.

73 F.Supp. 607 (1947)

FONTENOT et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

June 30, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. O. Bowers, Jr., and Edward C. Carrington, both of Beaumont, Tex., for libelants.

Daniel H. Grace, of Maritime Commission, of New Orleans, La., and Steve M. King, U. S. Atty., and John D. Rienstra, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Beaumont, Tex., for respondents.

BRYANT, District Judge.

This is a salvage cause instituted by W. Lee Fontenot, Samuel H. Telle, Franklin Ewell, crew members of the SS Aurora and on behalf of the Master and crew of the SS Aurora based upon services said to have been rendered as salvors to the SS Aurora in bringing her into the Port of New Orleans from her position in the Gulf of Mexico after the vessel had been attacked by a submarine on May 10, 1942. The cause was tried on the oral testimony of...

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