SHORTER v. BERMUDA & WEST INDIES S. S. CO.


57 F.2d 313 (1932)

SHORTER v. BERMUDA & WEST INDIES S. S. CO., Limited.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 20, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crane, Inness & Arnold, of New York City (Joseph K. Inness, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Vernon S. Jones and Raymond Parmer, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


PATTERSON, District Judge.

Motion is made by the defendant to dismiss the complaint as insufficient on its face. The suit is brought at law under the Jones Act (Act March 4, 1915, § 20, as amended by Act June 5, 1920, § 33, 46 USCA § 688). The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, an American citizen, was injured through the defendant's negligence while working as a seaman on board the defendant's ship Rosalind. The defendant is a Bermudian corporation...

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