HOINESS v. UNITED STATES

No. 24322 S.

75 F.Supp. 289 (1947)

HOINESS v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

August 5, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Resner and Gladstein, Anderson, Resner, Sawyer & Edises, all of San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., of San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

John H. Black and Edw. R. Kay, both of San Francisco, Cal., for American South African Line, Inc.


ST. SURE, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam primarily against the United States. The War Shipping Administration and American South African Line were treated as nominal parties only. In brief, libelant seeks to recover insurance benefits, damages, wages and maintenance. Each of these claims is stated in a separate cause of action.

In paraphrase the libelant alleges that he is a merchant seaman; that the SS Escanaba Victory was a vessel owned by the...

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