MILLER v. LYKES BROS.-RIPLEY S. S. CO.

No. 8778.

98 F.2d 185 (1938)

MILLER v. LYKES BROS.-RIPLEY S. S. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 16, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Stiles, Jr., of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Benjamin W. Yancey, Geo. H. Terriberry, Walter Carroll, and Jos. M. Rault, all of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a decree rendered in a suit in admiralty for damages and maintenance. Appellant has a chronic ailment which is alleged to have resulted from eating spoiled food while a member of the crew of appellee's ship, the Ethan Allen.

The libel originally alleged that the illness had its inception while appellant was a member of the crew of another ship operated by appellee, but all claim for damages in this behalf was abandoned...

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