Ennis v. Maharajah
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In Admiralty. Libel by George Ennis against the steam-ship Maharajah for personal injuries. Libel dismissed. See 40 Fed. Rep. 784. Affirmed on appeal to the circuit court. Libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Wallace, Circuit Judge.
While the libelant was driving a winch belonging to the steam-ship, his hand slipped from the handle of the crank-bar, and was caught and crushed in the cogs, whereby he sustained serious injury. He was in the employ of a stevedore who was engaged in lhading the ship with cargo, and had been assigned by him to work the winch. He imputes his injuries to the negligence of the steam-ship, upon the theory that the winch was unsafe because the handle came dangerously near the cogs in operating the crank-bar, and the cogs were not covered by a guard, and also because the…
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