Legal Opinion
The Bouker No. 2
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 15, 1916PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by a seaman against The Bouker No. 2.
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
The question whether a seaman who falls sick or is injured while on his voyage may charge for his cure only till the end of the voyage or whether his cure covers a reasonable period thereafter is not settled by any authoritative decisions. Mr. Justice Story, however, held that the cure extended beyond the voyage (Reed v. Canfield, 1 Sumner, 195, Fed. Cas. No. 11,641), and his is a high authority in-matters maritime. Judge Addison Brown, likewise a high authority in such cases, ruled the same way (The W. L. White [D. C.] 25 Fed. 503), and this has been followed in…
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- The J. F. CardDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1890
- Raymond v. The Ella S. ThayerDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1887
- Wilson v. Manhattan Canning Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1913
- Jansen v. The W. L. WhiteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1885
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