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THE IROQUOIS

No. 200.

194 U.S. 240 (1904)

THE IROQUOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton Andros for petitioners, cited The Osceola, 189 U.S. 150, 175; The Scotland, 42 Fed. Rep. 925; Art. XIX, Laws of Wisby; Reed v. Canfield, 1 Sum. 202; The City of Alexandria, 17 Fed. Rep. 395; Peterson v. The Chandos, 4 Fed. Rep. 645, distinguishing Brown v. Overton, 1 Sprague, 462; Danvir v. Morse, 139 Massachusetts, 323; Olsen v. Whitney, 47 C.C.A. 331.

Mr. A.H. Ricketts, Mr. Walter G. Holmes and Mr. D.T. Sullivan for respondent, cited Brown v. Overton, 1 Sprague, 462; S.C., Fed. Cas. 2024; Scarff v. Metcalf, 107 N.Y. 211, 216; Peterson v. The Chandos, 4 Fed. Rep. 645; Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U.S. 287; Burgess v. Equitable Marine Ins. Co., 126 Massachusetts, 70, and cases cited on p. 80; Perkins v. Augusta Ins. Co., 10 Gray, 312; Tomlinson v. Hewitt, 2 Sawyer, 278; The Osceola, 189 U.S. 158, 175; The Troop, 118 Fed. Rep. 769; Danvir v. Morse, 139 Massachusetts, 323.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The duty to provide proper medical treatment and attendance for seamen falling ill or suffering injury in the service of the ship has been imposed upon the shipowners by all maritime nations. It appears in the earliest codes of Continental Europe and was expressly recognized by this court in the recent case of The Osceola,...

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