McRAE, District Judge.
This suit grew out of an accident occurring in the ocean off Jacksonville Beach, Florida, when a surfboard being ridden by respondent Dean Cowan crashed into libelant Roland E. Davis, who was swimming. Each respondent has filed a motion for "judgment on the pleadings," alleging that this action does not come within the admiralty jurisdiction.
It is not necessary to reach the novel question whether a surfboard is a vessel. Although drawing...
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