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CURTIS BAY TOWING CO. OF VIRGINIA v. MANSFIELD

No. 6630.

207 F.2d 859 (1953)

CURTIS BAY TOWING CO. OF VIRGINIA, Inc. v. MANSFIELD.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Kelly, Jr., Norfolk, Va., (Williams, Cocke & Tunstall, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Henry E. Howell, Jr., and R. Arthur Jett (Jett, Hykes & Howell, on brief, Norfolk, Va.), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

William Mansfield brought a civil action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, against the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Virginia (hereinafter called Curtis) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for damages on account of alleged personal injuries. The jury found a verdict for Mansfield and fixed the damages at $5,000. Curtis has duly appealed to us.

Plaintiff was the master of defendant's harbor...

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