Watts v. Jensen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
This is a libel in rem against the ship-Joseph B. Thomas to recover the sum of $16,000, as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the-negligence of the master of the vessel, and of those intrusted by the-owners of said vessel with its care and management. The undisputed facts are that the libelant was one of a gang of stevedores engaged in loading the ship at the port of Philadelphia, and was injured while at work in the lower hold of the vessel, under the forward hatch; that at the time of the accident most of the men, including…
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