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KITCHENS v. GULF STATES MARINE & MINING COMPANY

No. 12866.

294 S.W.2d 193 (1956)

E. T. KITCHENS, Appellant, v. GULF STATES MARINE & MINING COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Mandell and Mandell & Wright, Houston, for appellant.

Edward W. Watson and Lockhart, Watson & Peterson, Galveston, for appellee.

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant instituted this suit in the District Court of Harris County, seeking damages for injuries sustained to his right leg while employed as a deckhand aboard appellee's tug Dispatch. The suit was brought under the provisions of Title 46, Sec. 688, United States Code Annotated, commonly known as the Jones Act. Appellant alleged that while employed as aforesaid he was on January 14, 1953, ordered to clean out a locker located under the forward...

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