ALDEN v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORP.

No. 5023.

24 F.2d 159 (1928)

ALDEN v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION et al. THE KEEKOSKEE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Beall, of Pensacola, Fla., and Wm. G. Caffey, of Mobile, Ala. (Harry T. Smith, of Mobile, Ala., and John M. Coe, of Pensacola, Fla., on the brief), for appellant.

William Fisher of Pensacola, Fla., Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to Atty. Gen., and W. I. Connelly, Atty. U. S. Shipping Board, of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

While the appellant was serving as a pumpman on the tank steamer Keekoskee, when it was being towed by the tug Hukey from Pensacola to New Orleans, he was, during the morning of June 20, 1923, ordered to overhaul the pumps in the pumproom, and about the same time two other employees on the steamer were ordered to go to the engine room and start the generator, which was necessary to be done for the appellant...

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