The Colusa
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooliug, Judge. libel by George I. Dunwoody against the American Steamship Colusa and another. From a decree for libelant (241 Fed. 968), respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, a seaman on the steam'ship Colusa, as the steamship was leaving port, was directed by the chief mate to set up the deck lashings to secure a deckload of lumber. The lashings consisted of two chains, each with one end fastened to one of the sides of the ship, and brought together in the center of the deckload by means of a turnbuckle,'an appliance about five feet long, which was attached to one of the chains and had at the other end a hinged hook, in which the end of the opposite chain was inserted; the hook being prevented from opening by means of a slip…
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