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LINDGREN v. UNITED STATES

No. 25.

281 U.S. 38 (1930)

50 S.Ct. 207

74 L.Ed. 686

LINDGREN, ADMINISTRATOR, v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. D. Arthur Kelsey, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, and Jacob L. Morewitz, with whom Messrs. L.B. Cox and R. Arthur Jett were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Claude R. Branch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Hughes, Assistant Attorney General Farnum and Mr. J. Frank Staley were on the briefs, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case depends upon the construction and effect of § 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920,1 which amended § 20 of the Seamen's Act of 19152 so as to provide:

"That any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury...

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