Plaintiff brings this action under the Jones Act (U. S. Code, tit. 46, § 688) to recover damages for injuries which he alleges were sustained while employed as a seaman aboard the S. S. Chiwawa, a tanker owned and operated by the defendant.
The plaintiff testified that on December 28, 1948, about noon, he was ordered by the chief mate to transfer a drum of kerosene from midship...
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