Gill v. United States

GODDARD, District Judge.

This action is brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., on behalf of the estate of Martin Gill, a stevedore who was killed by being precipitated into the ship’s hold while working aboard the Steamship Cornelia on November 12, 1945.

The libel filed May 9, 1946 alleges that the libelant, the deceased stevedore’s wife, was duly appointed administratrix of his estate by the Surrogate of Hudson County, New Jersey; that the United States Government and the War Shipping Administration owned and operated the Cornelia; that the War Shipping…