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SCANLON v. J.J. MOORE & CO.

Docket No. 14073.

97 Cal.App.2d 132 (1950)

217 P.2d 78

EDNA M. SCANLON, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. J.J. MOORE & COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

April 24, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoge, Pelton & Gunther, Leo V. Killion and Reginald M. Watt for Appellants.

Elmer P. Delany and Albert Michelson for Respondent.

NOURSE, P.J.

[1] Plaintiff sued under the Jones Act [46 U.S.C.A. § 688] to recover damages for the death of a merchant seaman. The cause was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff against both defendants.

They prosecute this appeal on the ground that the vessel on which decedent was employed was owned and operated by the United States through its War Shipping Board, under a written contract designating these defendants as...

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