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DOBBS v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 16012.

243 F.2d 55 (1957)

James F. DOBBS, Appellant, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Kierr, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Edward S. Bagley, Andrew R. Martinez, New Orleans, La., Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the dismissal of a libel by a seaman seeking to recover for maintenance and cure.1 The appellant had been Chief Electrician aboard the S.S. Genevieve Lykes for several voyages prior to July 24, 1953. On that date he was admitted to the United States Public Health Service Hospital at New Orleans2 (hereinafter referred to as the Marine hospital), for a kidney ailment...

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