Legal Opinion
Bannon v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided July 26, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, District Judge.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company moves to quash this libel as to it because it is not subject to proceedings in personam for the alleged canse of action elsewhere than where it resides or has its principal place of business, both of whieh are in the state of Virginia.
Section 688, title 46, USCA, reads as follows: “Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in sneb action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Mahler v. EbySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- The IroquoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
3Cited by8 opinions
- Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
- Bennett v. Standard Oil Co. of New JerseyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1940
- Eckert v. Socony Vacuum Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1935
- Blanco v. Gulf Coast Transportation, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1964
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