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YATES v. DANN

Civ. No. 1051. No. 1634.

124 F.Supp. 125 (1954)

Corden E. YATES, Libellant, v. Rodney H. DANN, Ruby M. Dann and R. H. Dann Lighterage and Towing Company, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

September 1, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Wise, Jr. (of Wise & Suddard), Wilmington, Del., Abraham E. Freedman (of Freedman, Landy & Lorry), Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Stewart Lynch (of Hastings, Lynch & Taylor), Wilmington, Del., Samuel Handloff, Wilmington, Del., J. Webster Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondents.

LEAHY, Chief Judge.

Libellant was engaged by respondents as a mate on the tugboat "Neptune" on February 8, 1946, under Captain Workman. Yates was a man of 12 years experience in working around the water, was engaged by Rodney H. Dann, one of the respondents, to work on respondents' tugs. Libellant was to be paid $70 a week as wages. The tug was engaged in a dredging operation.

The deckhand, Woods, assigned to libellant-Yates was engaged by Captain Workman...

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