 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1118 pages
...well as in that of the owners of the Edna, and on that portion of the act in question which provides "that any seaman who shall suffer personal injury...employment may at his election maintain an action, etc." But we find in the act no expression of the intention of Congress to enlarge the admiralty jurisdiction.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 1096 pages
...1007) amended section 20 of the Seamen's Act approved March 4, 1915. That statute reads as follows: "That any seaman who shall suffer personal Injury...employment may, at his election, maintain an action tor damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor - 1925 - 1552 pages
...(41 Stat. 1007), gave to seamen suffering personal injury in the course of employment an election to maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, the rights and remedies being the same as those applicable in cases of personal injury to railway employees.... | |
 | Erastus Cornelius Benedict - Admiralty - 1925 - 1024 pages
...of the death of any seaman as a result of any such personal injury, his personal representative may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury,26 and in 24. Act of June 5, 1920, c. 250, aff'd, 264 U. 8. 375, 68 L. ed. — , 14 § 33, 41... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1118 pages
...1923, § 8337a]), extends the common-law remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees, to any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment, and at his election he may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1086 pages
...1923, § 8337a]), extends the common-law remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees, to any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment, and at his election he may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1927 - 1126 pages
...Stat 1185), Сотр. Stat. 1923 Supp. § 8337a, p. 2390— two months before the tort in suit — provided that "any seaman who shall suffer personal...damages at law, with the right of trial by jury," and by express words made applicable to snch suits "all statutes of the United States modifying with... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1927 - 816 pages
...rule, and in our opinion it has done so. By the Act of June 5, 1920, c. 250, § 20; 41 Stat. 988, 1007, "any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the...for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the commonlaw right or... | |
 | United States - Maritime law - 1927 - 556 pages
...vessels or vachts. (RS 1,516; Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 1; Mar. 4, 1915, sec. 1. ) Fellow-servant Clause. Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the...for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1927 - 1066 pages
...amended by 41 Stat. 1007, c. 250, § 33, approved June 5, 1920 [US Comp. St. § 8337a]) which provides that "any seaman who shall suffer personal injury...his election, maintain an action for damages at law * * * and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right... | |
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That any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending... 
