Legal Opinion
Wood v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1923No. 4040PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
By this suit, brought in a Florida state court and removed to the court below, the'plaintiff in error, G. M. Wood, sought to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from his falling in a hatch in the deck of the steamboat Osceola, while it was in the waters of the St. Johns river, moored to a wharf at Jacksonville, and undergoing general repairs. An agreed statement of facts showed the following:
Prior to and at the time of his injury Wood was employed by the day to do carpenter work involved in the repair of the boat. One Eucas, who was a member of the boat’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Armour v. HahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Kreigh v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Quebec Steamship Co. v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Walsh v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Panama R. Co. v. MinnixCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. DixonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- McGivern v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Isgett v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1971
- Young v. Clyde S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1923
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