Dewing v. The Argonaut
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel by Frank Deming against the steamship Argonaut for personal injuries to libelant while employed in unloading the steamship’s cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The libelant, one of the stevedore’s men employed in unloading bananas from the steamship Argonaut to a float alongside of her, at pier 3, North river, on October 23, 1893, fell down the open hatch of the vessel after the men had quit work, and was considerably injured, for which the above libel was filed.
The libelant’s testimony, corroborated by a single witness only, is to the effect that after quitting work he left the float by a plank run from the top of the float to the deck of the steamer, for the purpose of going ashore; that it was dark; that the hatches were…
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