Lincoln v. Cunard S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District-Court, Southern District of New York, holding respondent liable for personal injuries sustained by libelant as a result of a discharge of steam from the side of the steamship Slavonia while lying at her pier in the port of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
[1] Libelant was in charge of the barge Harsimus, owned by the Berwind-White Coal Company, which was delivering coal to the steamer. The barge was placed alongside of the steamer, made fast as was supposed at the how, and Fill was engaged in making fast at the stern when some one called to him that his bow line was rendering. He at once hurried along the deck to the forward bitt, and while there engaged with the line, suddenly and without warning there was thrown upon him out of an exhaust orifice in the side of the steamer a discharge of steam and boiling water, which…
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