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LAWSON v. UNITED STATES

88 F.Supp. 706 (1950)

LAWSON v. UNITED STATES et al. RETZ v. AMERICAN PETROLEUM TRANSPORT CORPORATION et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 16, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gay & Behrens, New York City, for libellants, Edward J. Behrens, New York City, of counsel.

Irving H. Saypol, United States Attorney, New York City, for respondent, United States, Howard F. Fanning, Special Assistant to the United States Attorney, New York City, of counsel.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

These suits are brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761-768, by the personal representatives of Antonio Scull Cardenas and Donald Retz, two members of the crew of the steamship Crow Wing who lost their lives on March 30, 1945, when that vessel collided with another on the high seas.

After a trial before the Hon. Alfred V. Bryan, it was adjudged by the court that the deaths of the two seamen were...

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