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CASEY v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES

No. 74, Docket 21101.

173 F.2d 324 (1949)

CASEY v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

February 28, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Eisenberg, of New York City (Jacob Rassner, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, of New York City (Edgar R. Kraetzer, J. Ward O'Neill and J. M. Estabrook, all of New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

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

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover for the wrongful death of James J. Casey, deceased. He lost his life on January 13, 1945 in a fire aboard the S.S. Morris Sigman, on which he was employed as master. The vessel was owned by the United States and was operated by the defendant, American Export Lines, Inc., as general agent under the standard form of War Shipping Administration Agency agreement. The case was...

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