1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 88 F.2d
  5. 88 F.2d 988 (1937)
 

SEVIN v. INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION

No. 8276.

88 F.2d 988 (1937)

SEVIN v. INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 19, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., and Brainerd S. Montgomery, both of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Lucian Y. Ray, of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The sole question is whether Inland Waterways Corporation is subject to be sued at law by one of its seamen for a personal injury received on navigable waters while serving on one of the corporation's vessels. Louis J. Sevin, suing at law, alleges that he was such seaman, given unwholesome quarters on the vessel and compelled to work under insanitary conditions, whereby he contracted tuberculosis, and that he elects under section 33 of the Merchant...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases