ESTEVES v. LYKES BROS. S. S. CO.

No. 7340.

74 F.2d 364 (1934)

ESTEVES v. LYKES BROS. S. S. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 18, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen D. Barker, of Galveston, Tex., for appellant.

J. Newton Rayzor and Robert Eikel, Jr., both of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Sipriano Esteves, a Spanish citizen, sued Lykes Bros. Steamship Company at law for $25,000 in the District Court at Galveston, Tex., alleging the defendant to be a domestic corporation (the answer admits a charter under the laws of Louisiana) with its principal place of business at Galveston. No question of federal jurisdiction or venue is made. The suit, which alleged a personal injury received in Puerto Rico in the course of an employment...

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