Sellers v. United States Lines Co.

LEMMON, District Judge.

The libelant knew when he left the ship on August 2d that the loading was about completed. He had just come off two watches which ran from 4 p. m. on August 1st to 8 a. m. on August 2d. It was his dutjT while on these watches to take the temperatures. In doing this he was required to go down in the hold and he must have observed that the loading operations were about completed on the morning of the 2d, as the ship’s log definitely shows. He states that he had permission from cither the Chief Engineer or Assistant Engineer to leave the boat and not return until his…