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HELMKE v. UNITED STATES

No. 20403.

8 F.Supp. 521 (1934)

HELMKE v. UNITED STATES.

District Court. E. D. Louisiana.

October 23, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. & H. W. Waguespack, of New Orleans, La., and Herbert W. Waguespack, of New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to U. S. Atty., and W. I. Connelly, Atty. to U. S. Shipping Board, both of New Orleans, La., for respondent.

BORAH, District Judge.

Libelant, a member of the crew of the steamship Labette, brings this action against the United States for maintenance and also to recover damages for personal injuries received at about 4:10 o'clock on the morning of July 2, 1929, while the vessel was in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida between Tortugas and Tampa.

Libelant, a seaman twenty-six years of age, was water tender on the Labette during this voyage from Gulf...

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