The Westport
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
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This was a libel in rem against the American steamer Westport to recover damages for serious personal injuries sustained by the libelant upon the breaking and carrying away of the capstan of the steamer while he was serving as a seaman on board of her. The libel alleges that while the Westport was being warped alongside of the wharf at San Pedro, Los Angeles county, Cal., her master gave the libelant orders to take additional turns of the hawser around the capstan, and that libelant took two such additional turns as ordered, and that as he was about to leave the capstan it…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- New England Railroad v. ConroySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- McCullough v. New York & N. Steamboat Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1893
- The City of AlexandriaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1883
- Quebec Steamship Co. v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hammond Lumber Co. v. SandinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
- J. R. Hanify Co. v. WestbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926