Cheeney v. Ocean Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge MacDonell. City-court of Savannah. July term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Cheeney sued the Ocean Steamship Company for damages from personal injuries alleged to have been caused by his being struck by a bale of cotton which was thrown from the hatchway into the hold of the defendant’s ship and fell upon him while he was engaged in its service stowing cotton in the hold. He alleged that it was the company’s duty to give notice at the hatchway whenever a bale of cotton was thrown into the hold, so that persons engaged in stowing the cotton below might get out of the way of the falling bale and avoid injury to themselves, but at the, time in question…
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