The Buena Ventura
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by George Gerson against the steamship Buena Ventura.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
The pleadings present a somewhat novel application of the doctrine that vessel and owners are liable in case a seaman falls sick in the service of the ship to the extent of his maintenance and cure and wages, at least so long as the voyage is continued. The Osceola, 189 U. S. at 175, 23 Sup. Ct. 483, 47 L. Ed. 760. The last phrase of this sentence has no application to the matter in hand, because Gerson was discharged sick at an intermediate port and was cured before the voyage ended.
[1] Libelant was a “wireless operator” who came on board the Buena Ventura in pursuance…
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