Anderson v. E. B. Ward
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
In Admiralty. Libel for damages. On appeal from district court. Libel by Peter Anderson against the steam-ship E. B. Ward, Jr., for damages for negligence. Decree for claimant, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
■' Pardee, J.
On the 16th day of May, 1887, the steam-ship E. B. Ward, Jr., loaded with fruit, came into the port of New Orleans, and moored at the fruit wharf at the foot of Calliope street. The place just before was oecupiéd by the steam-ship Marmion, also engaged in the fruit trade, which, being unloaded, was moved out, the Ward was given the key-berth, and theMarmion Was moored just outside and to the Ward. *45ruder these circumstances, the only, method of passing from the steamship Marmion to the wharf was across the deck of the steam-ship Ward. The unloading of the Ward was commenced, and…
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