Poster v. Central Gulf Steamship Corp.

WOOD, District Judge.

These companion cases are actions by a seaman against two steamship companies. The steamship companies are co-defendants in the civil action and corespondents in the libel. Plaintiff-libellant alleges that, while in the employ of the- Sinclair Refining Company (hereafter called “Sinclair”) he contracted a disease known as amebiasis, and that that disease was aggravated while he was employed by the Central Gulf Steamship Corporation (hereafter called “Gulf”).

The motions now before the Court question the propriety of joining the two steamship companies in these suits.

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