RYAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 8837.

150 F.2d 366 (1945)

RYAN v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Dorfman, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

John B. Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., and Krusen, Evans & Shaw, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for respondent-appellee Lykes Bros. S. S. Co., Inc.

Before GOODRICH, STEPHENS, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge. (of Ninth Circuit)

This appeal is by libellant Ryan from a judgment dismissing his libel of the S. S. Syros, which ship was owned and operated by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., during all of the time material to this action. (The libel uses "Brothers" in the corporate name instead of "Bros.", but no point is made as to this discrepancy.)

The case arises out of a personal injury sustained by libellant, a seaman on the "Syros". The...

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