The Baron Napier
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr.. Judge. Suit in admiralty by Robert Dee against the steamship Baron Napier; D. McDonald, master and claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a libel filed on behalf of Robert Dee against the British steamship Baron Napier in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia for damages for personal injuries growing out of an accident, on board the steamship in December, 1916. The court below held that the injuries arose by reason of the negligence of the steamship, and assessed the damages at $1,500. The facts may be epitomized as follows:
Dee was employed by the master of the ship in November, 1916, while the ship was at Newport News, Va., destined on a voyage to Egypt.…
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