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UNITED GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY v. VELA

No. 15723.

231 F.2d 816 (1956)

UNITED GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY, Inc., and Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, Appellants, v. John VELA, Appellee. John VELA, Appellant, v. UNITED GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY, Inc., and Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Wright, Andrew R. Martinez, New Orleans, La., Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellants.

Albert Sidney Cain, John J. Finnorn, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

On September 18, 1947, the three luggers, King Bell, Lola Sara and Nellie L, each about 50 feet long, 17 foot in beam, 20 gross tons, were located in Breton Sound, off the southeast coast of Louisiana for the purpose of performing geophysical exploration work for their chartered owner, United Geophysical Company, Inc. A tropical hurricane had been brewing in the East Gulf for a few days, but all of the United States Weather Bureau Advisories...

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