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MULLIGAN v. EASTERN S. S. LINES

No. 23, Docket 21021.

170 F.2d 882 (1948)

MULLIGAN v. EASTERN S. S. LINES, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

November 30, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Engelman, of New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tompkins, Boal & Tompkins, of New York City (Arthur M. Boal and Francis J. Fitzpatrick, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and SWAN and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was the agent of the United States to manage and conduct, in accordance with the standard general agency agreement used during the late war by the War Shipping Administration, the business of the S.S. Francis Amasa Walker, a liberty vessel owned by the United States. The appellee's intestate was a boatswain on that vessel who received fatal injuries on February 1, 1945, while performing his duty in attempting to carry out an order...

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