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BENNETT v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY

No. 2380.

33 F.Supp. 871 (1940)

BENNETT v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY.

District Court, D. Maryland.

July 6, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Skeen, Howard H. Conaway, and Emory, Beeuwkes, Skeen & Oppenheim, all of Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Henry L. Wortche and George Forbes, both of Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The question presented in the above case is a very narrow one of venue jurisdiction. The libelant, a seaman employed by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, is suing under the Jones Act, 46 U. S.C.A. § 688, by libel in personam in admiralty to recover compensatory damages for personal injuries occasioned through the alleged negligence of the employer. The Jones Act contains a provision to the effect that venue jurisdiction shall be...

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