KRAFT v. SMITH & JOHNSON STEAMSHIP CORP.

No. 266, Docket 23857.

235 F.2d 760 (1956)

Rudolph KRAFT, Libellant-Appellant, v. SMITH & JOHNSON STEAMSHIP CORP., and T. J. Hammill & Co., Respondents-Appellees, and Siemund Marine, Inc., Respondent-Impleaded-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Robinson, Paul C. Matthews, Edwin M. Bourke and Paul C. Matthews, Jr., New York City, for libellant-appellant.

J. Ward O'Neill, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for respondent-appellee, Smith & Johnson Steamship Corp.

Edward Ash, Alexander & Ash, New York City, for respondent-appellee, T. J. Hammill & Co.

Raymond C. Green, Bernard Katzen, Harry Schechter, and William H. Stieglitz, New York City, for respondent-impleaded-appellee, Siemund Marine, Inc.


The opinion and findings below were not reported. The findings of fact were as follows:

Findings of Fact. "1. On February 26, 1948 libelant, Rudolph Kraft, was employed as a machinist by Siemund Marine, Inc. and was performing the work of covering up suction boxes at the bottom of deep tanks on the S. S. Pontus H. Ross at Pier 52, Brooklyn, N. Y. "2. The vessel was then under bareboat charter to Smith-Johnson Steamship Corp. and was undergoing...

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