Clowes v. The Frank & Willie
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit to recover damages for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On tbe 18th of July, 1890, while the schooner Frank and Willie was discharging a cargo of lumber at one of the docks in Gowanus canal, the libelant, an able seaman, who was unloading from the hold, had his left leg broken, through the fall of lumber against and upon him. He was treated at the hospital at the ship’s expense, and now brings this suit to recover damages for the injury. The libelant was at work with the mate on the port side of the schooner, and under his direction; others worked on the starboard side, discharging through the same hatch.. The lumber consisted of pieces from 12 to…
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