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CRESCITELLI v. UNITED STATES

No. 9201.

159 F.2d 377 (1947)

CRESCITELLI v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Nathan Griffith, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Abraham E. Freedman, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Charles Lakatos and Freedman, Landy & Lorry, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), amici curiae.

John Beck Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., and Krusen, Evans and Shaw, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for respondents.

Before GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY, District Judge.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

In this case the libelant, as administrator, has sued in admiralty to recover damages alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the employees of the respondents while his son was serving as a seaman on a vessel owned by the United States. The suit was brought more than two years and less than three years after the operative facts occurred. The respondents say the action is not timely; the libelant insists that it is. The District...

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