HANLON v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

No. 191, Docket 25363.

265 F.2d 206 (1959)

William Joseph HANLON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant-Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph M. Costello, New York City (Hanrahan & Costello, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-respondent.

Before MEDINA and HINCKS, Circuit Judges, and MATHES, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

It was not contested below, nor is it upon this appeal, that the United States owned and operated the S. S. Bucyrus Victory, upon which the alleged assault upon the plaintiff seaman by a fellow seaman took place. The defendant was not an operating agent of the United States; its only connection with the vessel arose from its general agency contract with the United States which required [Article 3(d)] that "[t]he General Agent shall procure and make available...

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