WILCOX v. UNITED STATES


32 F.Supp. 947 (1940)

WILCOX v. UNITED STATES et al. SULLIVAN v. SAME.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 13, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas B. Axtell, of New York City, for libellants.

John T. Cahill, U. S. Atty., and Tompkins, Boal & Tompkins, all of New York City (Arthur M. Boal, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


COXE, District Judge.

These are suits by two members of the crew of the S. S. "Quaker City" to recover for injuries sustained as a result of assaults committed by two other members of the crew of the same vessel. The assaults took place on May 11, 1937, as the vessel was leaving the port of Hull, England. The libels allege that the two men who committed the assaults were vicious characters, and that the master was negligent in permitting them to remain at large.<...

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