Legal Opinion
Neset v. Skibs A/S Oil Express Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 18, 1950No. Civ. A. No. 10829Published
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The motion seeks, pursuant to Rule 13(b) and (h) (2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the court has no jurisdiction.
The complaint sets up three causes of action and asserts that the court has jurisdiction by virtue of the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688, and the General Maritime Law of the United States.
It appears from the complaint that the plaintiff, a merchant seaman, was signed for service as an ordinary seaman on The M. S. Hermund, for a voyage between New York and various ports of Europe; that on one…
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- Kyriakos v. GoulandrisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- O'Neill v. Cunard White Star, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- The PaulaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Gambera v. BergotyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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