Marquest v. Grant
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina. This was a libel in rem by George Grant against the steamship Elton to recover damages for personal injuries. In the circuit court a decree was rendered for the libelant, and the master of the steamship appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
This case comes up on appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of South Carolina, sitting in admiralty. The libel is filed by George Grant, one of a stevedore’s gang, who was at work in the hold of the British steamship Elton, of which the appellant was master. The vessel was under charter party for a lump sum. The cargo furnished by the charterers consisted of cotton in hales, and of pig iron. The appliances furnished for loading the pig iron were at first large buckets, such as are used in loading coal. These were discontinued, and the pig…
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