PAIGE v. SHINNIHON KISHEN

No. 5216.

206 F.Supp. 871 (1962)

Robert H. PAIGE, Libelant, v. SHINNIHON KISHEN, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

July 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zelden & Zelden, Max Zelden, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, Paul A. Nalty and Leon Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for respondent.


AINSWORTH, District Judge.

The validity of Louisiana's Watercraft Statute [LSA-R.S. 13:3479-13:3482 (1950)] is challenged on the ground that it is in conflict with General Admiralty Rules 1 and 2, 28 U.S.C.A.1

In a libel in admiralty libelant alleged that he was injured while in the course and scope of his employment as a stevedore aboard the vessel SS ASOHARU MARU while afloat in the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana, and that...

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