CHRISTO v. UNITED STATES

No. 17.

83 F.Supp. 960 (1949)

CHRISTO v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 26, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stark & Goldstein, of Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

T. E. Byrne, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


McGRANERY, District Judge.

The libel in the instant case presents two causes of action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq; one for damages for personal injury, and the other for maintenance and cure. Respondents have moved to dismiss the first cause of action upon the ground that the applicable two-year statute of limitations bars the suit. Libellant alleges that he became ill while on a vessel owned by respondents and since his removal...

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