Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. Buzynski

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Karl Buzynski, filed a libel against the Luekenbaeh Steamship Company; hereafter called the Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Edgar F. Luekenbaeh, against William Parr & Co., agents of the Steamship Company, and against the Texas Contracting Company, contracting stevedores, hereafter called the Contracting Company, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered while working as a longshoreman on the said ship in the port of Galveston.

Buzynski was employed by the Contracting Company, an independent contractor engaged in loading the ship. The ship’s…