J. R. Hanify Co. v. Westberg

KERRIGAN, District Judge.

Leonard Westberg, a longshoreman, brought an action against J. R. Hanify Company, a corporation, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while employed by said corporation in stowing lumber, which was being loaded on the steam schooner Ryder Hanify, which lay at a dock at Portland, Or. The ease was tried before a jury, which found a verdict for the plaintiff, upon which judgment for $4,000 and costs was entered against defendant, who, by writ of error, brings the case to this court.

The cause of action is based on the alleged negligence of the plaintiff in…