THE MAGDAPUR


3 F.Supp. 971 (1933)

THE MAGDAPUR.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 20, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Fink and Jacquin Frank, both of New York City, for libelant.

Lord, Day & Lord, of New York City (Thaddeus G. Cowell and Woodson D. Scott, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


PATTERSON, District Judge.

The libel is by a seaman for personal injuries. The libelant is a Singhalese who signed on the steamship Magdapur at Colombo. Ceylon. The Magdapur is a British vessel. On March 18, 1929, while the Magdapur was moored at a Baltimore dock, the libelant and two other Singhalese were ordered by the chief officer to take in a heavy mooring wire. While they were taking the wire off the bit, one turn of the wire flew up and struck the libelant...

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