Whiters v. Mallory Steamship Co.

Plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a laborer in "loading its ship. From the evidence introduced by plaintiff it appears that the gang of which he was a member was working on the main or between deck of the ship, and had finished loading cross-ties into the hold of hatch number one, which was a hole in the deck, about twelve or fourteen feet long by eight or ten feet wide, and through which the cargo is lowered into the hold. After the loading of the cargo is completed, it is necessary to cover the hatch, and this is done by first putting in place a piece of iron called the…