Christo v. United States

McGRANERY, District Judge.

The libel in the instant case presents two causes of action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq; one for damages for personal injury, and the other for maintenance and cure. Respondents have moved to dismiss the first cause of action upon the ground that the applicable two-year statute of limitations bars the suit. Libellant alleges that he became ill while on a vessel owned by respondents and since his removal from the vessel has been and still is permanently disabled. His contention in the first cause of action is that he either sustained or…