Smith v. American South African Line, Inc.

KNOX, District Judge.

Plaintiff was a member of the crew of the Steamship City of New York. In the course of one of her voyages, the vessel called at Beira, Africa. During the time she was there, plaintiff obtained leave to go ashore upon purposes of his own. In the course of returning to the vessel, and upon a public street, about two miles from the place at which the ship was moored, plaintiff was struck by a motorcycle and severely injured. Upon returning to New York, he sued the ship’s owner for maintenance and cure, and for wages until the end of the voyage. The question for decision is…