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PLATORO LIMITED, INC. v. UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL

Civ. A. No. 69-B-86.

371 F.Supp. 351 (1970)

PLATORO LIMITED, INC., an Indiana corporation, as Salvor, v. The UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL, her cargo, apparel, tackle and furniture, In a Cause of Salvage, Civil and Maritime.

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

June 12, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy & Sharpe, Brownsville, Tex., for plaintiff.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., of Texas and Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., of Texas, Austin, Tex., Gilbert T. Adams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of Texas, Beaumont, Tex., and M. L. Cook, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of Texas, Houston, Tex., for the State of Texas.

Frances Tarlton Farenthold and Roger Butler, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Robert D. Bluntzer, Sr. and Henry H. Hildebrand, Relators in Cause No. 81, in the District Court of Kennedy County, Texas, who have filed an amicus curiae brief with leave of Court.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GARZA, District Judge.

The Plaintiff, Platoro Limited, Inc., an Indiana corporation, is attempting by this action in admiralty to establish its claim as Salvor to the remains of a vessel and certain goods belonging to the vessel, which were recovered by it off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico, at a point east of where the Port Mansfield channel intersects historical Padre Island.

The vessel and its cargo involved in this...

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