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CRAWFORD v. WEST INDIA CARRIERS, INC.

Nos. 70-231-Civ.-CF, 70-342-Civ.-CF and 70-591-Civ.-CF.

337 F.Supp. 262 (1971)

James CRAWFORD, for himself and for Deuel (Hap) Veerkamp, Plaintiff, v. WEST INDIA CARRIERS, INC., a corporation, Defendant. HASAM REALTY CORP., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. TUG EL MULO GRANDE, her engines, etc., Twenty Grand Offshore, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, Nonpropelled WISCO RANGER, her tackle, etc., West India Carriers, Inc., a Florida corporation, Defendants. Complaint of TWENTY GRAND OFFSHORE, INC., Plaintiff, Owner of TUG EL MULO GRANDE, Official No. 505240, in an action for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Plaintiff-Petitioner.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

November 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ralph, of Ralph & Boyd, Miami, Fla., for West India Carriers.

Morton Good, of Smathers & Thompson, Miami, Fla., for Twenty Grand Offshore.

George E. Patterson, Jr., Miami, Fla., for the intervenor, Dade Drydock.

Fowler, White, Humkey, Burnett, Hurley & Banick, Miami, Fla., for Hasam Realty Corp.

Ehrich & Zuckerman, Miami, Fla., for the salvors, Crawford and Veerkamp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FULTON, Chief Judge.

Captioned causes are within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of this Court. Although separately filed, they were consolidated for trial. After receiving and carefully considering all of the evidence adduced in the consolidated trial, the Court enters this memorandum opinion in lieu of particular Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, as required by Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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