Baccarat v. Andrew F. Mahoney Co.

NORCROSS, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam brought to recover damages or indemnity in the sum of $5,000 and for maintenance in the sum of $700 for the period of time libelant claims he was unable to work. The ground of recovery is based on the alleged negligence of the master of the vessel Frank D. Stout in refusing libelant a “hospital slip,” which he alleges would have entitled him to medical treatment at the United States Marine Hospital in San Francisco.

Libelant alleges in substance that at the times set out in the libel the Andrew F. Ma-honey Company was the managing owner of…