Morris & Cummings Dredging Co. v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This was a libel brought in the District Court for the District of Maine against Steam Dredge No. 1, a vessel engaged in dredging, under a contract with the United States, in Cape Porpoise Harbor, in the district of Maine, for injuries to William Nelson on the 4th day of September, 1900. The substance of the allegations of the libel is that at the time of the injury Nelson was employed by the United States, aboard the dredge, as an assistant inspect- or in regard to improvements then being made at Cape Porpoise Harbor ; that as a part of his duties it was necessary for…
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