Legal Opinion
Escandon v. Pan American Foreign Corp.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 15, 1935No. 1549PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNERLY, District Judge.
This is a libel in personam with writ of foreign attachment by Ramon Escandon (libelant), a naturalized American, age 45 years, against the Pan American Foreign Corporation, owner of the steamship Dean Emery, for damages because of the alleged assaulting and handcuffing of libel-ant, a seaman on the Dean Emery, by the chief officer thereof, on ' or about March 21, 1935. Respondent has answered, in effect denying the allegations of the libel.
The facts are as follows:(a) Libelant, on or about March 21, 1935, was a seaman and pumpman on the steamship Dean Emery, owned by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Alpha Steamship Corp. v. CainSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- The South PortlandDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1901
- The David EvansCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1911
- Johnston v. MowattDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1902
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