Vanhoesen v. The Seguranca
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by P. D. Van Hoesen and another against the steamship Seguranca to recover for watchmen’s services.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The petitioners carry on the business of employing and furnishing men as watchmen for vessels in this city. The petition and proofs show that in December, 1892, they supplied several different persons as watchmen to watch the cargo of the Seguranca, which was lying at Roberts’ Stores in Brooklyn, until the cargo could be delivered to the consignees. Some of the cargo, as I understand, was on the dock, and some on board the vessel. New York was the vessel’s home port.
The services, it is said, were substantially like those of stevedores, for which, as the claimants…
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