MORALES v. CITY OF GALVESTON

No. 2013.

181 F.Supp. 202 (1959)

Robert MORALES et al., Libellants, v. CITY OF GALVESTON et al., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

March 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandell & Wright (Arthur J. Mandell), Houston, Tex., and Milton Schwartz, Houston, Tex., for libellants.

McLeod, Mills, Shirley & Alexander (Preston Shirley), Galveston, Tex., for respondent City of Galveston.

Lockhart, Watson & Peterson (Edward W. Watson), Galveston, Tex., for respondent Cardigan Shipping Co.

Royston, Rayzor & Cook (Bryan F. Williams) Galveston, Tex., for intervenor Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n.


CONNALLY, District Judge.

This is an in personam proceeding in admiralty, brought by eight longshoremen, as libellants, to recover for personal injuries which, it is alleged, they received from breathing noxious fumes and gases while they were employed loading or "trimming" wheat aboard a vessel at Galveston, Texas. Respondents are (a) the City of Galveston, owner and operator of the grain elevator wherein the wheat in question had been stored, and from which it was...

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