Pacific Mail S. S. Co. v. Beneby
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Canal Zone; William H. Jackson, Judge. Action by Wilfred Beneby against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
[1] The writ of error is not subject to be dismissed on the ground that the value in controversy does not exceed $1,000, within the meaning of the act giving this court jurisdiction to review final judgments and decrees of the District Court of the Canal Zone (10 Comp. Stat. Anno. 1916, § 10045), as the aggregate of the amounts of the judgment in favor of the plaintiff and of the counterclaim made by the defendant and disallowed exceeds $1,000.
[2] The plaintiff (the defendant in error), while a member of one of several gangs of workmen engaged in loading cargo on board a…
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