Linderup v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; Robert T. Ervin, Judge. Libels by Marshall T. Jackson and others against the steamship Ferm; Rolf W. Liuderup, claimant. From a decree for libelants (258 Fed. 716), claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
The steamship Ferm, laden with yellow pine lumber, above and below deck, left Ship Island, Miss., on October 22, 1915, bound for Norwalk, Conn. On October 23d she began to leak, and during the afternoon of that day the water rose, despite the use of the ship’s pumps, so that the fires in the furnaces were put out. This interfered with the operation of the pumps and the steering gear, which were operated by steam. There was one smaller pump operated by hand, and an arrangement for steering without the use of the steam; but this arrangement for hand steerage got out of…
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