Kennedy v. Cunard Steamship Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Richard Kennedy, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of May, 1920, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the case. '
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
Plaintiff was a longshoreman, and on September 23, 1916, was working for the defendant in loading the cargo on board the steamship Andamia, then lying in the North river. He was working in the lower hold, below the orlop deck, at No. 3 hatch. This hatch and those directly above it on the upper decks were all of the same size, and formed the opening into compartment No. 3 of the ship. This compartment was divided from compartment No. 4 by a water-tight bulkhead extending clear across the ship on the orlop deck, and just aft of the hatch, leaving a space of only two or three feet…
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