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

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

371 F.Supp. 356 (1973)

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.

December 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy, Sharpe & Rodriguez, Thomas G. Sharpe, Jr., Brownsville, Tex., for plaintiff.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Larry F. York, First Asst. Atty. Gen., and Elizabeth B. Levatino, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for the State of Texas.

McCullough, Murray & McCullough, and Gordon L. Briscoe, Harlingen, Tex., for intervenors Jefferson T. Burke and Billy Russell Algoe.

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

GARZA, District Judge.

Platoro Limited, Inc., an Indiana corporation, brought this suit in a cause of salvage, civil and maritime, against the unidentified remains of a vessel, her cargo, apparel, tackle and furniture on August 6, 1969. The plaintiff-salvors had located the remains of Spanish vessels, which sank during a hurricane in the year 1554, off the shores of historic Padre Island, located in the Gulf of Mexico. The recovery of the artifacts made the subject...

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