Sorenson v. Alaska S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Jeremiah Neterer, Judge. Libel by Henry Sorenson against the Alaska Steamship Company, a corporation. From the decree (243 Fed. 280), libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Libel in personam for personal injuries received at Seattle by Sorenson, appellant, a seaman on the steamship Victoria, owned by the corporation appellee. The following is a brief summary of the case:
The ship had a lower hold, a between-deck, a steerage deck, and a main deck, with hatches above one anothe.r. There was also an or'Jop or false deck below the between-deck. The ship had loaded a coal cargo, about 1,800 tons in bulk, at Boat Harbor, Canada, and went to Seattle. The coal had been poured into the bottom hold of the ship through the hatch above, and was trimmed…
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