OCKERT v. UNION BARGE LINE CORP.

No. 10405.

190 F.2d 303 (1951)

OCKERT v. UNION BARGE LINE CORP.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

John R. Bredin, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Dalzell, McFall, Pringle & Bredin, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for respondent.

Before GOODRICH and KALODNER, Circuit Judges, and MARSH, District Judge.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the civil action brought by the plaintiff as a seaman claiming damages for personal injuries from the defendant by whom he was employed as a deckhand. The subject-matter of the appeal is not concerned with the facts of the plaintiff's employment or the evidence on which his claim is based. The determining point is a question of law and has to do with the application of Rule 41(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S...

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