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VELEZ v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO.

142 F.Supp. 612 (1956)

Luis VELEZ, Plaintiff, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eisenberg & Dembo, New York City, William Gitnick, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Tompkins, Boal & McQuade, New York City, and Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, New Orleans, La., Arthur M. Boal, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.

LEVET, District Judge.

This is an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover for injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff while employed as a seaman aboard one of the defendant's vessels in the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. The defendant has moved to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, located at New Orleans, Louisiana, pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a), which provides:

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