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NELSON v. AMERICAN-WEST AFRICAN LINE

No. 125.

86 F.2d 730 (1936)

NELSON v. AMERICAN-WEST AFRICAN LINE, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 7, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City (Edgar R. Kraetzer, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Hunt, Hill & Betts, of New York City (George Whitefield Betts, Jr., and William Logan, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and SWAN, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint at the close of the plaintiff's evidence in an action to recover for personal injuries under section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, U.S. Code, title 46, § 688 (46 U.S.C.A. § 688). The plaintiff was an able seaman upon the defendant's steamer, "West Irmo," on a voyage from New York to West Africa; and while the ship was lying in a port on the Congo River at between...

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