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PANAMA R.R. v. VASQUEZ

No. 260.

271 U.S. 557 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 596

70 L.Ed. 1085

PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY v. VASQUEZ, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard Reid Rogers for petitioner.

Mr. Martin A. Schenck, with whom Mr. Frederick R. Graves was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

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 right of action was based on § 20 of the Seamen's Act of 1915, c. 153, 38 Stat. 1164...

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