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WATERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12870.

191 F.2d 212 (1951)

WATERS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 23, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Chas. Gay, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Chauncey Tramutolo, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal. (John H. Black, Edward R. Kay, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for appellee.

Before BONE, ORR and POPE, Circuit Judges.

BONE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Sidney L. Waters, a seaman, brought this libel in admiralty seeking to recover maintenance owing by reason of disability from tuberculosis allegedly contracted while he was employed by the United States as chief engineer on the S. S. Benjamin Bonneville and the S. S. Arthur A. Penn. By an amendment to his libel appellant further asked that a release executed by him in October, 1945 be set aside.

The facts are these: Appellant...

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