W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining & Molasses Co. v. Stoffel

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

John Stoffel, a stevedore engaged in unloading cargo from a ship in navigable waters of the United States and therefore a “seaman” within the meaning of the law, Atlantic Transport Co. v. Imbrovek, 234 U. S. 52, 34 S. Ct. 733, 58 L. Ed. 1208, 51 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1157; International Stevedoring Co. v. Haverty, 272 U. S. 50, 47 S. Ct. 19, 71 L. Ed. 157, filed this libel in personam to recover for personal injuries. He elected to sue in admiralty under the Act of March 4,1915, 38 Stat. 1185, as amended by section 33 of the Act of June 5, 1920, 41 Stat. 1007 (46 USCA § 688)…