Lillig v. Union Sulphur Co.

GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Robert Lillig, was injured by falling from or with a ladder while engaged in painting a fire-room ventilator on the deck of the steamship Henry D. Whiton, owned by appellee. Lillig signed aboard the Henry D. Whiton at Portland, Or., his home, for its voyage from that city to New York. While there was some conflict as to whether or not he signed on as an able-bodied seaman, he was not possessed of papers certifying him *278as such, and he failed to pass the examination for such ranking just prior to sailing. However, he was not wholly inexperienced, for he…