Legal Opinion
Gibbons v. United States. United States v. Gibbons Bros., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 1950No. 4499_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
William H. Gibbons, the appellant, filed in the district court a libel in admiralty in personam against the United States. He sought damages for injuries due to an accident he suffered while working on the S. S. Niantic Victory, a merchant vessel owned and operated by the United States in navigable waters in the port of Boston. By petition under the Fifty-sixth Admiralty Rule, 28 U.S.C.A., the United States interpleaded Gibbons Brothers, Inc., whom it had engaged to clean the ship, its cargo having been removed. Libellant, as an employee of Gibbons Brothers, was engaged in…
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