HARRIMAN v. MIDLAND STEAMSHIP LINE

No. 30, Docket 22762.

208 F.2d 564 (1953)

HARRIMAN v. MIDLAND STEAMSHIP LINE, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell V. Bleecker, Cleveland, Ohio, Dudley, Stowe & Sawyer, N. John Thomas, Buffalo, N. Y., for appellant.

Edward J. Desmond, Desmond & Drury, Buffalo, John E. Drury, Jr., Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel, for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff, entered on the verdict of a jury in an action by a seaman to recover damages for an unlawful discharge. The appellant raises only two points: (1) that the verdict was "manifestly against the weight of the evidence"; and (2) that the court erred in telling the jury that a written contract between the parties that did not conform to § 574 of Title 46 U.S. C.A. constituted a legal...

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