Gibson v. International Freighting Corporation

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a personal injury action by a seaman against the general agent of his ship, which resulted in a judgment in favor of the defendant. There is a cross appeal by the defendant from an order of the District Court requiring it to pay to the plaintiff the expenses of plaintiff’s counsel in attending the taking of a defense deposition in Chicago.

The appellant Gibson was second assistant engineer on the S. S. Ernest W. Gibson, owned by the United States and for which appellee was general agent. While the ship was’on the high seas enroute from Cardiff to Jacksonville,…