THE NEW DAWN

No. 1161.

36 F.2d 970 (1930)

THE NEW DAWN.

District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

January 4, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Bernstein, Edward J. Harrigan, and Nathan W. Thompson, all of Portland, Me., for libelant.

F. R. Dyer and Jacob H. Berman, both of Portland, Me., for claimant.


PETERS, District Judge.

This is a libel against a vessel whereby a seaman seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained by him on the occasion of a fire in the forecastle where he was sleeping.

The New Dawn is an auxiliary schooner of about 20 tons, engaged in the business of ground fishing out of Portland. She was operated by a master and a crew of 12 fishermen on the ordinary fishing lay. On the day in question the vessel sailed from the harbor about 9...

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