Hunt, Hill Betts v. Moore

Doctor Daniel Y. Moore, the defendant-appellant, is a practicing physician and surgeon at Sioux City. Prior to May, 1915, however, this doctor practiced his profession at Yankton, South Dakota.

On or about May 1, 1915, the doctor became a passenger on the steamship Lusitania, and sailed for Europe. While on that voyage, the Lusitania was torpedoed by a-German submarine and sunk. Appellant was lowered from the sinking Lusitania into a lifeboat, which broke to pieces when striking the ocean water. Hence, the appellant clung to a barrel, floating on the ocean for several hours, until he was…