Harty v. Cromwell S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This was a libel in rem by Patrick Harty against the steamship Louisiana, of which the Cromwell Steamship Company and E. V. G-ager, master, were claimants, to recover damages for personal injuries. The district court dismissed the libel, and the libelant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The libelant, Patrick Harty, was, on the 19th day of September, 1892, employed as a laborer in discharging a cargo from the steamship Louisiana, belonging to the defendant company. The steamship at that time was moored at the foot of St. Louis street, in the city of Hew Orleans. While so engaged, the libelant was ordered by the foreman in charge to proceed to the aft part of the vessel between-decks, and complying with this direction he fell through an open hatchway into the hold of the vessel, as stated in the libel, from 25 to 30 feet, and as a result of the fall he…
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