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VALLEY S.S. CO. v. WATTAWA

Nos. 469, 470.

244 U.S. 202 (1917)

VALLEY STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. WATTAWA. VALLEY STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. MRAZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Tracy H. Duncan, with whom Mr. Frank S. Masten was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George H. Eichelberger for defendants in error.

Memorandum opinion by MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS.

NUMBER 469.

Seeking damages under the laws of Ohio, defendant in error Wattawa brought this action in the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County. He alleged that by reason of the Steamship Company's negligence he suffered personal injuries in September, 1913 while employed by it as a deck hand on the Edwin N. Ohl then lying at Sandusky, Ohio; and that although an employer of more than five men the company was...

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