Roberts v. The Egyptian Monarch
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Admiralty. Libel by John Roberts against the British steam-ship Egyptian Monarch, Royal Exchange Shipping Company, claimant, for damages for personal injury.
1Opinion of the CourtWales, J.
This is a proceeding in rem to recover damages for injuries sustained by the libelant, a seaman on board the Egyptian Monarch, on her voyage from England to "the United States, in the month of July, 1886. The libelant, a naturalized citizen of the United States, had shipped as an able-bodied seaman. The vessel left the Milward docks, in the port of London, on July 14th, being towed out into the river Thames by a tug-boat attached to a two-and-a-half inch wire hawser, which was a part of the tackle of the steam-ship, and fastened at the other end to the aft-deck of the Monarch. At the time of…
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