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MEIKLE v. LEEDS SHIPPING COMPANY

No. 561.

152 F.Supp. 206 (1957)

James Hatnick MEIKLE, a minor 17 years of age, who sues by his next friend, Roy L. Sykes, Plaintiff, v. LEEDS SHIPPING COMPANY, Ltd. and Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Ltd., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

June 19, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jett, Sykes & Howell, Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

Seawell, Johnston, McCoy & Winston, Charles R. Dalton, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for defendant.

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This action was instituted in the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News by the infant plaintiff, a citizen of Great Britain, suing by his next friend, against Leeds Shipping Company, Ltd., and Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Ltd., both foreign corporations, to recover damages for personal injuries and loss of earnings alleged to have been sustained while plaintiff was attempting to descend a ladder from the defendants' steamship...

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