McHONEY v. MARINE NAVIGATION COMPANY

No. 7141.

233 F.2d 769 (1956)

Sam McHONEY, Herbert Dunmeyer, John Smith, Franklin White, Robert Jenkins, Chapel Mouzon, Limon Joyner, Felix McKnight, Luther Moore, Thomas Burch, and John Bowens, Appellants, v. MARINE NAVIGATION COMPANY, Inc., (Substituted for Marine Transport Lines, Inc.) Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Klonsky, New York City (I. H. Jacobson, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellants.

Charles W. Waring, Charleston, S. C., and Walter X. Connor, New York City (Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, and Waring & Brockinton, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and PAUL, District Judge.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This was a civil action filed by Sam McHoney and others, as plaintiffs, against the Marine Navigation Company, Inc., (hereinafter called Navigation), as defendant. The case, tried before a District Judge and jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of Navigation. McHoney and the other plaintiffs have appealed to us.

The amended complaint alleged that...

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