Great Lakes S. S. Co. v. Geiger
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio: D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Charles E Geiger against the Great Lakes Steamship Company. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Libelant sued for injuries received ' while a member of the crew of respondent’s steamer engaged in commercial navigation of the Great Lakes. The case, including the facts stipulated for purposes of this review, may be thus sufficiently summarized :
Libelant had been employed under a maritime contract, signing regular articles as a seaman, and shipping at a Lake Erie port for a round *276trip to the head of Lake Superior and return. In the course of this voyage, while the steamer was unloading cargo in a harbor, and while libelant and other members of the crew were closing…
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