MURPHY v. UNITED STATES

No. 133.

66 F.Supp. 260 (1946)

MURPHY v. UNITED STATES, War Shipping Administration.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Dist. Atty., of Philadelphia, Pa., and Charles R. Sheidy, Jr., Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., of Reading, Pa., for petitioner.

Freedman, Landy & Lorry and Abraham, E. Freedman, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


WELSH, District Judge.

This is an action by an American merchant seaman to recover the proceeds of War Risk Insurance for injuries under the rules and regulations of the Maritime War Emergency Board.

Findings of Fact

1. The plaintiff, Edwin J. Murphy, an American merchant seaman, was engaged on or about September 29, 1942, by the defendant as an able seaman on board the defendant's steamship "Gulf Maracaibo", for a voyage from Chester, Pennsylvania...

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