WEST v. EASTERN TRANSP. CO.

No. 6018.

179 F.2d 478 (1950)

WEST v. EASTERN TRANSP. CO. Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Fine, Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

C. Dodson Morrisette, Norfolk, Va., for appellee.

Before PARKER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and WARLICK, District Judge.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, administrator of the estate of John Jacob Gifford, deceased, instituted this civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688, against defendant, Eastern Transportation Company, to recover damages for the death of Gifford. Defendant filed an answer to the complaint, and, on the conclusion of the plaintiff's...

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