PONTIN LIGHTERAGE COMPANY v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES

No. 19328.

126 F.Supp. 824 (1954)

PONTIN LIGHTERAGE COMPANY, Libellant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc., Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

December 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Martin, New York City, for libellant. Christopher C. Heckman, Ned J. Parsekian, New York City, Advocates.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for respondent, John Osnato, Jr., New York City, John J. Mulcahy, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y., Advocates.


GALSTON, District Judge.

This libel sets up three causes of action:

The first alleges that the libellant was the operator of "stick lighters", which lighters are accompanied by men called captains who are employed by the libellant for an eight hour day, beginning at eight A. M. and ending at five P. M. It is alleged that between January 1, 1947 and January 12, 1948 these lighter captains, at the request of the respondent, performed certain work, labor and...

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