Vincent Unto v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered on a verdict for the defendant in a civil action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while serving as a seaman aboard the defendant’s vessel, S. S. Mormactide. The plaintiff based his claim upon the alleged unseaworthiness of the vessel and the negligence of its officers and crew.

The plaintiff first asserts that the trial judge erred in admitting tv/o documents in evidence, one a receipted bill for professional services rendered to the plaintiff by Dr. Carino Cramer of Santos,…