Dorrell v. Schwerman
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Admiralty. Libel in personam by a seaman against the master of the steamer Burnham to recover damages for an alleged assault by the master on board the steamer while on her voyage upon Lake Michigan.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The libelant was in the service of the steamer Burnham as steward or cook, and avers in his libel that the master committed an unprovoked assault upon him while on the voyage to Chicago, whereby he received serious physical injuries, resulting in permanent paralysis. The fact oí his present paralyzed condition is undisputed, and the fact of a prior altercation with the master on shipboard, with some corporal hurt, is equally undisputed; but the libelant’s version of the circumstances of the conflict and extent and manner of the force used is supported by his testimony…
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- United States v. TriceDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1887
- Charge to Grand JuryU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1853