Voirin v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

Plaintiff, an employee of defendant’s passenger, visited the steamer to bid her employer adieu, but did not find him. As she was leaving the boat, she was injured, not by a condition of the “ premises,” but by the active negligence of the defendant. In order to obtain access, plaintiff had to obtain a pass, for which she paid ten cents. I adhere to my ruling on the trial that that pass (indicating in writing defendant’s permission to plaintiff to board the ship) has nothing to do with the solution of the problem here. Where a passenger- buys transportation on a boat for a deep-sea trip, he…