FORDE v. URANIA TRANSPORTATION, INC.


168 F.Supp. 240 (1958)

St. Clair Oscar FORDE, Plaintiff, v. URANIA TRANSPORTATION, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shafter & Shafter, New York City, for plaintiff.

Hanrahan & Costello, New York City, for defendant.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

The motions are denied. Plaintiff's second cause of action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, is enough to confer jurisdiction in this court by reason of the allegation that the stock of defendant, a Liberian corporation, which owns the M/V Urania, is substantially or entirely owned or controlled by American citizens. See paragraph "Twelfth" of the complaint. Furthermore, in the light of jurisdiction over the second cause...

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