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GILBERT v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 951.

170 F.Supp. 161 (1959)

Wilbur GILBERT, Plaintiff, v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, Paducah Division.

January 7, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Reed, Paducah, Ky., for plaintiff.

John C. Shepherd, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, Mo., Wheeler & Marshall, Paducah, Ky., for defendant.

SHELBOURNE, District Judge.

This suit was filed June 10, 1957, by Wilbur Gilbert, a seaman employed as a fireman on the steamer Ohio. The steamer Ohio is a vessel enrolled for and engaged in the business of commerce and navigation on the Ohio River and its tributaries and owned by the defendant Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, a corporation. Jurisdiction is alleged under the admiralty law.

The plaintiff seeks to recover $4,900.85 for maintenance and...

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