Glasgow Shipowners Co. v. Munson S. S. Line

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

When loading cargo aboard the Steamship “Gibraltar,” the Jarka Corporation, stevedore of the Munson Steamship Line, the charterer, fastened the ship’s gear to a draft of three freight cars lying on the dock and pulled them to a position abreast of a hatch for the purpose of transferring cargo from ears to ship. During this movement the mast to which the gear was attached buckled. The shipowner filed a libel against both parties to recover for the injury occasioned, it said, by the wrongful and negligent use of the gear. From the decree dismissing the libel the owner…