AMERICAN PACIFIC WHALING CO. v. KRISTENSEN

No. 8581.

93 F.2d 17 (1937)

AMERICAN PACIFIC WHALING CO. v. KRISTENSEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 19, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Hunter, W. R. McKelvy, E. L. Skeel, Roberts & Skeel, and W. L. Grill, and Wright, Jones & Bronson, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

James R. Gates and Schwellenbach & Gates, all of Seattle, Wash., and John C. Hogan and Clark W. Adams, both of Aberdeen, Wash., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff (appellee), as executrix, instituted suit pursuant to the provisions of 41 Statutes at Large, 1007 § 33 (46 U.S.C.A. § 688), commonly referred to as the Jones Act, to recover damages for the death of her husband, Harold B. Kristensen, who was killed in the performance of his duties as gunner on the corporate defendant's (appellant's) whaling boat. The plaintiff alleges negligence on behalf of defendant in the furnishing...

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