UNITED STATES v. LINDGREN

No. 2719.

28 F.2d 725 (1928)

UNITED STATES v. LINDGREN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

October 16, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Boal, Admiralty Counsel, U. S. Shipping Board, of Washington, D. C. (Paul W. Kear, U. S. Atty., of Norfolk, Va., and H. H. Rumble, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

D. Arthur Kelsey and L. B. Cox, both of Norfolk, Va. (Kelsey & Jett, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WADDILL, PARKER and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty in favor of the administrator of one C. E. Barford and against the United States as owner of the steamship Hybert, one of the Shipping Board vessels. The suit was commenced by libel in personam, filed under the Suits in Admiralty Act, to recover damages for the death of Barford. The libel alleged that decedent was a seaman employed as third mate on the Hybert...

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