CRIST v. UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION

No. 9145.

163 F.2d 145 (1947)

CRIST v. UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold W. Knauth, of Washington, D. C. (John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., of Philadelphia, Pa., and Russel L. Hiller, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Reading, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Abraham E. Freedman, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Freedman, Landy & Lorry, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS and KALODNER, Circuit Judges, and McGRANERY, District Judge.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee brought an action in admiralty to recover war risk insurance for the death of her son, Theodore W. Ellse, a member of the crew of the S.S. "Maiden Creek," a vessel documented under the laws of the United States.

The deceased seaman was employed by the Waterman Steamship Corporation. The latter purchased from the War Shipping Administration Insurance Division1 a policy insuring the crew of the ...

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