Joseph Lynn v. American Barge Line Company

Joseph Lynn brought two actions in admiralty against American Barge Line Company. They were dismissed by the district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 14, 1954. The reasons for the dismissal appear in the court’s orders in the two cases. In one it is recited that:

«* * * appearing to the Court that, on several previous occasions, this action has been set down for trial and has, upon motion of counsel for libellant, been continued from time to time upon the representation that counsel for libellant did' not know the whereabouts and was unable to communicate with…