REIERSEN v. MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY

No. 17718.

268 F.2d 613 (1959)

Olav REIERSEN, Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack C. Benjamin, Raymond H. Kierr, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Walter Carroll, Jr., Andrew R. Martinez, Rufus C. Harris, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant seaman's complaint seeks a recovery of $50,000.00 under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and separately "for such maintenance (and cure) as may be found due, including for a reasonable period of time in the future, in the further sum, say, of $1,000.00." The complaint disclosed that the seaman signed on as boatswain on or about April 16, 1952, and that approximately two days later,

"On or about April 18, 1952, at...

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