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ROBERTS v. UNITED FISHERIES VESSELS CO.

No. 3947.

141 F.2d 288 (1944)

ROBERTS et al. v. UNITED FISHERIES VESSELS CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 20, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Kaplan, of Boston, Mass., for appellants.

Albert T. Gould and Bingham, Dana & Gould, all of Boston, Mass., for appellee.

Before MAHONEY and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges, and PETERS, District Judge.

PETERS, District Judge.

These actions were brought under Section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 1007, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, usually referred to as the Jones Act, to recover damages for alleged negligence of the defendant causing the death of the plaintiffs' intestates. A jury trial was had with verdicts for defendant. The plaintiffs appeal on account of the refusal of the presiding judge to instruct the jury in certain respects as requested. The...

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