KAISER v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY

No. 8154.

89 F.2d 58 (1937)

KAISER v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. G. Schirmeyer, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

J. C. Hutcheson, III., of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER and SIBLEY, Circuit Judges, and STRUM, District Judge.


STRUM, District Judge.

Libelant Frank C. Kaiser shipped aboard the motor vessel Vistula as a fireman. His wages were $65 per month, plus room and board. As the Vistula approached the northern European coast on September 30, 1935, she ran into a heavy storm, causing her to roll and pitch heavily. During the storm libelant was on watch in the fireroom, and had gone to an upper deck to empty a bucket over the side. Returning to the fireroom with the empty bucket in his...

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