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BYARS v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES

Nos. 292, 293.

155 F.2d 587 (1946)

BYARS v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, Inc. SAME v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 31, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel M. Cole, of New York City (Nathan Baker, of Hoboken, N. J., and Benjamin H. Siff, of New York City, of counsel), for William M. Byars, plaintiff-libellant-appellant.

Joseph K. Inness, of New York City, for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., defendant-appellee, and for United States of America and War Shipping Administration, respondents-appellees.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff and libellant who sustained injuries by falling through a defective hatch on the Steamship Pelotasloide, which had been chartered under a bare boat charter to the United States, while he was engaged in setting up a beam across an opening in the ship's deck in connection with the construction of an ammunition compartment. The plaintiff sued Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., agents for the vessel at law and also filed a libel...

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