SELLERS v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

No. 24543-S-L.

89 F.Supp. 254 (1949)

SELLERS v. UNITED STATES LINES CO. et al.

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

November 8, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Sawyer, of Gladstein, Andersen, Resner & Sawyer, San Francisco, Cal., proctors for libelant.

Frank J. Hennessy, United States Attorney, San Francisco, Cal., proctor for respondent United States.

Farnham P. Griffiths, McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene, San Francisco, Cal., proctors for respondents United States and United States Line Co.


LEMMON, District Judge.

The libelant knew when he left the ship on August 2d that the loading was about completed. He had just come off two watches which ran from 4 p. m. on August 1st to 8 a. m. on August 2d. It was his duty while on these watches to take the temperatures. In doing this he was required to go down in the hold and he must have observed that the loading operations were about completed on the morning of the 2d, as the ship's log definitely shows. He...

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