The President
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit by Frank Morgan against the steamship President; the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and the Pacific Coast Company, claimants. On motions by libelant for leave to prosecute in forma pauperis, and by claimants for stay of suit until payment of costs of prior action.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
Libelant asks leave to prosecute in forma pauperis his libel in rem, to recover general damages in the amount of $7,500, on account of personal injuries received upon the respondent’s vessel, while engaged thereon as a stevedore to work under the captáin of respondent, and caused by a block of marble being carelessly hoisted under the directions of the officers of the ship.
Claimants, Pacific Coast Company, the owner, and Pacific Coast Steamship Company, the lessee of respondent, oppose the application and, as a ground of opposition, set out that libelant is a resident…
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