Legal Opinion
The S. S. Emmy
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 18, 1940PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is a motion by the respondent for a dismissal of the libel on jurisdictional grounds. The suit is by a seaman for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on December 23, 1939, while working as a fireman on the S. S. Emmy owned and operated by the respondent.
The libel alleges that the S. S. Emmy is a merchant ship, flying the Greek flag, with its registered home port at Cephalonia, Greece; that the libellant is a resident of the United States, and was employed as a fireman on the vessel at Trenton, N. J., for a voyage to Philadelphia, Pa., and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The EsterDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1911
- MarieDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1892
- Feol v. The SalomoniDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1886
- The BakerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Szanti v. TeryazosDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1941