Crawford v. East Asiatic Company

OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

William Crawford, a longshoreman, and his wife, both California citizens, initiated this action in the California Superior Court for injuries sustained by the husband while working aboard the vessel S.S. Morelia, then docked at the Port of Stockton, California, for the unloading of its cargo. Complaining of both negligence and unseaworthiness, the plaintiffs named these parties as defendants: East Asiatic Company, Inc., alleged to be a California coi-poration and the operator of the vessel; The East Asiatic Company, Ltd., alleged to be a Danish corporation and…