UNITED STATES v. MARINE

No. 5477.

155 F.2d 456 (1946)

UNITED STATES v. MARINE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

May 11, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southgate L. Morison, of Baltimore, Md. (Bernard J. Flynn, U. S. Atty., C. Ross McKenrick, Asst. U. S. Atty., William A. Grimes, and Ober, Williams & Stinson, all of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellant.

George W. P. Whip, of Baltimore, Md. (Avrum K. Rifman, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


GRONER, C. J.

Garland C. Marine, a United States Custom Inspector, was seriously injured when in the discharge of his official duties he was leaving the Steamship "Dundas," a merchant vessel owned and operated by the United States. The injury occurred while the vessel was berthed at a dock in Baltimore Harbor and a libel, under Section 2 of the Suits in Admiralty Act,1 was timely begun in the District Court for Maryland.

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