VAN DER WEYDE v. OCEAN TRANSPORT CO., LTD.

No. 4.

297 U.S. 114 (1936)

VAN DER WEYDE v. OCEAN TRANSPORT CO., LTD. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John P. Hannon, Wm. P. Lord, and Andrew G. Haley submitted for petitioner.

Messrs. Lane Summers, F.T. Merritt, and W.H. Hayden submitted for respondent.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner brought this libel in 1931, in the District Court for the Western District of Washington, against the vessel "Taigen Maru," for personal injuries which he sustained as a seaman in 1922. The vessel was then known as the "Luise Nielsen" and was of Norwegian registry. The respondent, Ocean Transport Company, Ltd., a Japanese corporation, made claim as owner...

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