KINMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 27166.

139 F.Supp. 925 (1956)

Homer L. KINMAN, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, a sovereign power, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

April 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Doyle, San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for respondent.


OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

Libelant alleges that he was injured while performing his duties as a seaman on a merchant vessel owned and operated by the United States, and that his injuries were the proximate result of the negligence of respondent; he brings suit under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq. and the general maritime law. Respondent moves to dismiss on the ground that the statute of limitations had extinguished the cause of...

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