Citations
- 161 F. Supp. 125
Full opinion text
CHRISTENBERRY, Chief Judge.
The foregoing matters having been consolidated for trial, and having been tried to the Court without a jury, the Court having heard evidence and the arguments of proctors, and having taken time, to consider the matters, hereby makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
Findings Of Fact
1 — Beryl Whiteman Stiles, Libel-ant in No. 2509, is the surviving spouse of Harry F. Stiles, Jr., intestate deceased, who left no surviving parents, children or other dependent relatives.
2— N. H. Conder, Libelant in No. 2688 and No. 2697, is the duly qualified Administrator of the Estates of Walter B. Schnorbus and Mrs. Clara C. Schnorbus, wife of Walter B. Schnorbus, respectively, and legal guardian for and on behalf of Vicky Ann Schnorbus, and next friend, and as a personal representative .and next friend on behalf of Mrs. Joe Schnorbus and Mrs. Lula Conder.
3— At all material times, respondent, a Florida corporation, was a common carrier of passengers for hire by air between the cities, among others, of Miami, Tampa and New Orleans.
3a — On the afternoon of February 14, 1953, libelants’ intestates were traveling ■on one of respondent’s airplanes (Flight 470), under a regular contract of passage, from Miami via Tampa across the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans. Said .airplane, while en route from Tampa to New Orleans, encountered a storm, and, .at about 6:12 PM, crashed in the Gulf