Legal Opinion
Panama Railroad v. Vasquez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1926No. 260PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devantee
This was an action by the personal representative of a deceased seaman against the owner of the ship whereon he was serving at the time of his death to recover damages for the death on the ground that it was caused by the owner’s negligence in providing an unfit lighting -appliance to be used by him in his work. The fight of action was based on § 20 of the Seamen’s Act of 1915, c. 153, 38 Stat. 1164, as amended by § 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, c. 250, 41 Stat. 988. A judgment for the plaintiff was affirmed by the highest court of the State;, and the defendant brings the case here.
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