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TAYLOR v. CRAIN

No. 10576.

195 F.2d 163 (1952)

TAYLOR v. CRAIN et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Hamilton A. Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before GOODRICH and HASTIE, Circuit Judges, and MODARELLI, District Judge.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the application of the doctrine of laches in an admiralty suit. The libellant says that he was injured in an accident on the ship where he was employed on May 20, 1945. He did not file his libel until August 15, 1950. The suit was predicated upon negligence under the Jones Act and in admiralty for alleged unseaworthiness. The Jones Act case is now out of the litigation for the limitation period there is fixed by statute...

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