The Troop
District Court, D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit in rem for damages.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
This is a suit in rem against the British ship Troop by Albert Louie, a German sailor, to recover compensation for excessive and unnecessary suffering after a personal injury and permanent disablement caused by falling from the main upper topsail yardarm of the ship while he was performing his duties as a member of the crew of said ship. The injuries were very severe, the bones of his left arm and right thigh being fractured, and he was otherwise cut and bruised. The accident happened when the vessel was departing from the port of Fusan, bound for Puget Sound, having…
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