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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. v. PETERSON

No. 49.

278 U.S. 130 (1928)

49 S.Ct. 75

73 L.Ed. 220

PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PETERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 26, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Carr Corrow, with whom Messrs. Benjamin S. Grosscup and J.O. Davies were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Harry E. Foster, with whom Mr. Melville Monheimer was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

Peterson, a seaman, brought an action at law in a Superior Court of Washington against his employer, the Pacific Steamship Co., the owner of a domestic merchant vessel on which he was serving, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered at sea on a voyage between the ports of Puget Sound and California.

The complaint charged that the injury resulted from the negligence of the mate of the vessel...

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