Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Light
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1954No. 14906PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought for the maintenance and cure claimed to have been made necessary by an assault or beating, the libel was in personam 1 against respondent, the owner of a twenty-six foot steel craft cruiser, “Jesse II”.
After its amendment, in response to exceptions, the respondent answered, denying its allegations, and alleging that the claimed assault and the injuries resulting therefrom had been brought upon libelant by his own wrong doing and fault, and, further, that when the claimed injuries were received the libel-ant was not about the business of the vessel or its owner.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Dowling v. Isthmian S.S. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Seely v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Nowery v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Thomas J. Murphy v. George LightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Kalyvakis v. the TSS OlympiaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Etu v. Fairleigh Dickinson University West Indies Laboratory, Inc.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1986
- Angelina E. Murphy, as Guardian of Thomas J. Murphy v. George LightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Sea Trade Corp. v. Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding DivisionDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
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