Peterson v. Pacific Steamship Co.

Within two years after an alleged injury, respondent brought an action. against appellant to recover the sum of $56,360 damages for personal injuries, claiming that he was injured on December 20, 1924, while acting as articled boatswain on the “Admiral Dewey,” a steamship owned and operated by appellant, while voyaging from Seattle to. San Francisco. The injury alleged is to respondent’s, left knee. He claims that the injury was due to the negligence of the mate of the vessel in ordering him to secure a cargo on the deck of the vessel during a heavy storm, by reason of having failed to cause…