The El Mundo
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Petition of the Southern Pacific Company for limitation of its liability as owner of the steamship El Mundo. Petition of the Ruckenbach Steamship Compairy, Inc., for exoneration from or limitation of-its liability as owner of the steamship Frederick Rucken-bach. Petition, of the Union Sulphur Company, owner of the steamship Hewitt, for .limitation of liability. Stays were granted petitioners in all three cases, and claimants moVe to vacate the stays.
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In Admiralty. Petition of the Southern Pacific Company for limitation of its liability as owner of the steamship El Mundo. Petition of the Ruckenbach Steamship Compairy, Inc., for exoneration from or limitation of-its liability as owner of the steamship Frederick Rucken-bach. Petition, of the Union Sulphur Company, owner of the steamship Hewitt, for .limitation of liability. Stays were granted petitioners in all three cases, and claimants moVe to vacate the stays. These three motions present different phases of questions arising under section 20 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended by…
1Opinion of the CourtRearned Hand, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The single question arising in all these cases is of the meaning of *579section 33 of the Jones Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 8337a), which reads as follows:
“Sec. 38. Tliat section 20 of such Act of March 4, ]915, be, and is, amended to read as follows:
“ ‘Sec. 20. ffihat any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of…
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- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- The " Scotland"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Steamship Co. v. MountSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- The Great WesternSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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