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FIRST NAT. BANK IN GREENWICH v. NATIONAL AIRLINES, INC.

171 F.Supp. 528 (1958)

FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN GREENWICH and William S. Hirschberg, as Executors of the Estate of Eben F. Putnam, Deceased, and First National Bank in Greenwich As Administrator c.t.a. of the Estate of Frenelia Lillian Putnam, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL AIRLINES, INCORPORATED, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 11, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore E. Wolcott, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, John C. Reilly, Robert F. Ewald, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.

LEVET, District Judge.

This is an action brought under the Federal Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq., to recover damages for the deaths of Eben F. Putnam and Frenelia Lillian Putnam, which occurred when a DC 6 airplane, owned and operated by the defendant (respondent), National Airlines, Incorporated, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alabama, beyond a marine league from the shore. The sole issue for determination is the extent...

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