GREER v. UNITED STATES

No. 124, Docket 21844.

187 F.2d 5 (1951)

GREER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Baker, Hoboken, N. J., proctor for libellant-appellant; Nathan Baker, Hoboken, N. J., and Anthony J. Randolph, New York City, advocates.

Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., New York City, for respondent-appellee; Horace M. Gray and Edward R. Phillips, New York City, advocates.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The libellant, a longshoreman, was employed by the James Healing Company, a stevedoring contractor, to discharge a cargo of ammunition from the S. S. John W. Powell, a vessel owned and operated by the United States. He filed a libel against the United States containing two counts: (1) to recover for personal injuries sustained by falling into the hold and claimed to be due to the unseaworthiness of the vessel; (2) to recover for personal injuries claimed...

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