WOODBURY v. UNITED STATES

No. 1354.

75 F.Supp. 829 (1948)

WOODBURY v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 25, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Fitzgerald, Taylor & Foley and Alfred W. Howes, all of Boston, Mass., for libellant.

William T. McCarthy, U. S. Atty., and Edward O. Gourdin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., and John T. Casey, Atty. Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for respondent.


WYZANSKI, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam in admiralty under the Public Vessels Act, 43 Stat. 1112, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq.

Findings of Fact.

1. On the morning of May 9, 1946, the fishing vessel, Ariel, owned by the libellant and being in all respect seaworthy and properly equipped and carrying a radio was engaged in dragging for fish in Ipswich Bay off the coast of Massachusetts. The weather was fair, the sea smooth, and the visibility...

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