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HUGHES v. ROOSEVELT

No. 73.

107 F.2d 901 (1939)

HUGHES v. ROOSEVELT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 4, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominick Blasi, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Silas B. Axtell, of New York City, on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

John L. Quinlan, of New York City (Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-respondent.

Before SWAN, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

On October 19, 1937, Hughes filed his libel in admiralty against Roosevelt for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by him on August 10, 1934, while on board the respondent's yacht "Mistress." He asserted that by reason of the negligence of respondent's agents a spinnaker boom "carried away, broke or otherwise parted, striking libellant upon his head and knocking him down with such great force and violence" that he was permanently...

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