Walsh v. Babcock

The libel in this case is filed to recover damages for injuries sustained by the libelant while engaged as a stevedore in lading the cargo of the above vessel. The gang of men to which he belonged was employed in taking cases of salmon on hoard the vessel, and stowing them in the between-decks, forward of the after-hatch. In the direct course of the men to the place where the cases were to he stowed was a hatch known as a “trimming hatch,” which had been partly uncovered. Into this the libelant, who had just come down from the broad daylight on the wharf, stepped his foot, and the case,…