Marine v. United States

CHESNUT, District Judge.

In this case Garland C. Marine, a United States Custom Inspector, has filed a libel against the United States to recover for injuries sustained during the course of his official duty (some of which are said to be permanent) in a fall from a defective ladder while leaving the SS Dundas on December 19th, 1944, a vessel berthed in the Baltimore Harbor. The‘ Dundas was a merchant vessel owned or operated by the United States. The case is brought under the Suits in. Admiralty Act, Title 46 U.S. C.A. § 742. The Act provides—

“In cases where if such vessel were privately owned…