Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR . THE NINTH CIRCUIT. •Tipis was a proceeding in admiralty to recover damages for personal injuries resulting to an employee. The questions are determined on a certificate from the court below stating the facts. Rohde’s contract of employment required services as a carpenter and joiner in the construction of a ship before and after launching; and neither before nor after launching is such work maritime in character.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR . THE NINTH CIRCUIT. •Tipis was a proceeding in admiralty to recover damages for personal injuries resulting to an employee. The questions are determined on a certificate from the court below stating the facts. Rohde’s contract of employment required services as a carpenter and joiner in the construction of a ship before and after launching; and neither before nor after launching is such work maritime in character. So far as we- have been able to find this court has not been asked to sustain admiralty jurisdiction over torts which apart from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Asking for instruction, the .court below has sent up the following certificate and questions. Judicial Code, § 239.
“ This cause came to the Circuit Cijmrt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upon an appeal from the United States District Court of Oregon from a judgment in favor of the appellee as libelant in that court, and against the appellant as libelee in that court* ior the sum of $10,000. The cause was a libel in admiralty for damages fot injury sustained. '
“ Libelant, Herman F. Rohde, received injury while at work on a partially completed vessel lying at a dock in the Willamette River…
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