PIASCIK v. UNITED STATES


65 F.Supp. 430 (1944)

PIASCIK v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

July 21, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. M. McNally by Thomas H. Walker, both of New York City, for the United States.

Jacob Rassner, of New York City, for libellant.


BONDY, District Judge.

The libellant's contention that the libel states a cause of action under Public Law 17, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1291, can not be sustained because the law expressly provides that it applies only to seamen employed through the War Shipping Administration, and because there is no allegation of such fact. Nor can the contention that the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 applies, be sustained. The Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §&...

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