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NAHMEH v. UNITED STATES

No. 157.

267 U.S. 122 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 277

69 L.Ed. 536

NAHMEH v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Silas Blake Axtell for appellant.

Mr. J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

William Nahmeh, employed as a fireman on the steamship Quinnipiac, was injured August 3, 1920, in the performance of his duties. One of his legs had to be amputated. To recover for this injury, he filed a libel on March 30, 1922, against the United States as owner of the Quinnipiac, under the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9, 1920, ch. 95, 41 St. 525, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District...

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