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VIRGIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 5675.

165 F.2d 81 (1947)

VIRGIN v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

December 16, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Duke Avnet, of Baltimore, Md. (Mitchell A. Dubow, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellant.

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

Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in a suit in admiralty instituted by a seaman to recover damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. The trial judge denied recovery under that act but awarded libellant maintenance and cure in the sum of $389.66, and he has appealed. Appellant was chief cook on a steamship; and his allegation of negligence is that the vessel failed to provide him an adequate second cook, as a result whereof he was overworked and suffered a nervous...

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