MASON v. UNITED STATES

No. 254, Docket 21314.

177 F.2d 352 (1949)

MASON v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, New York City (C. B. M. O'Kelley, J. J. Conran, New York City, of counsel), for libellant-appellant.

J. Vincent Keogh, United States Attorney, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Kirlin Campbell Hickox & Keating, New York City, Raymond Parmer, Vernon Sims Jones, New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before CHASE, CLARK and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The libellant has appealed from a final decree of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York in a suit brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S. C.A. §§ 741-752, and the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 781-790, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while attempting to board the respondent's steamship James De Wolf when she was moored at Pier 7, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn. He recovered substantial damages...

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