NAKKEN v. FEARNLEY & EGER


137 F.Supp. 288 (1955)

Martin B. NAKKEN, Libelant, v. FEARNLEY & EGER, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Klein & Ruderman, New York City, for libelant.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for respondent.


BONDY, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss the first cause of action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for injuries sustained aboard the SS Ferngrove and for an order declining jurisdiction of the second cause of action, for maintenance. Libelant, a citizen of the Kingdom of Norway and domiciled in Norway holding only Norwegian seamen's papers, signed articles at the Norwegian Consulate in New York for service on the Ferngrove...

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