Legal Opinion
Miller v. Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1938No. 8778PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit .Judge.
This appeal is from a decree rendered in a suit in admiralty for damages and maintenance. Appellant has a chronic ailment which is alleged to have resulted from eating spoiled food while a member of the crew of appellee’s ship, the Ethan Allen.
The libel originally alleged that the illness had its inception while appellant was a member of the crew of another ship operated by appellee, but all claim for damages in this behalf was abandoned, and the case was tried on the issues relating to the Ethan Allen. The evidence shows that the ailment from which appellant is now…
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