Hawn v. American S. S. Co.

The question in this case is whether the plaintiff, Hawn, shall be allowed to hold the verdict of a jury in his favor in an action to recover for injuries suffered and maintenance and cure, as a seaman aboard a ship in Buffalo Harbor. The judge, having reserved decision upon the defendant’s motion for a verdict, took a verdict and later granted the motion. The plaintiff appealed. The appeal turns altogether upon whether the plaintiff was a “meitiber of a crew” of the ship at the time of his injuries. § 902(3), Title 33, U. S.Code, 33 U.S.C.A. 902(3). If not, he was limited to compensation…