LEFFELLAD v. DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAV. CO.


16 F.2d 1011 (1926)

LEFFELLAD v. DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAV. CO.

District Court, W. D. New York.

October 29, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. McKenna, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Irving W. Cole, of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Brown, Ely & Richards, of Buffalo, N. Y., for defendant.


HAZEL, District Judge.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a seaman, under section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Comp. St. § 8337a). By this provision a right of action with trial by jury is given to seamen for personal injuries sustained in the course of their employment, and, as therein provided, the "jurisdiction in such actions shall be under the court of the district in which the defendant employer resides or in which...

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