Sinclair Nav. Co. v. Kremlick

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Harris County in an action brought by appellee, William Krem-lick, against appellant, Sinclair Navigation Company, under Art. 688 of Title 46, United States Code, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, known as the Jones Act, for damages alleged to have been sustained as a consequence of a stomach ulcer claimed by appellee to have been contracted while serving as a seaman on the steamship E. W. Sinclair, owned and operated by appellant, and for certain sums claimed to be due him as maintenance under the general maritime law.

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