JANSSON v. SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE

No. 4502.

185 F.2d 212 (1950)

JANSSON v. SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Parker, Boston, Mass. (Ely, Bartlett, Thompson & Brown, Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant.

Leo F. Glynn, Boston, Mass. (Thomas H. Walsh, Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, WOODBURY, Circuit Judge, and SWEENEY, District Judge.


MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

Karl G. Jansson, a citizen of Massachusetts, brought suit in the court below on August 13, 1948, against Swedish American Line, a Swedish corporation, seeking $25,000 damages for personal injuries allegedly attributable to defendant's negligence. It is claimed that the plaintiff, a passenger on defendant's motor vessel Gripsholm on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to New York, sustained his injuries as a result of a fall on the vessel on January...

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