Mason v. Tower Hill Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by John Mason against the Tower Hill Company, Limited, for personal injuries. Plaintiff was nonsuited, and appeals. Reversed. '
1Per curiam
September 24, 1888, the defendant corporation was the owner of the steamship Tower Hill, which was being unladen at a wharf in the city of Brooklyn by P. H. Walsh, a stevedore, who had contracted with the defendant to discharge the cargo. The plaintiff is by occupation a rigger and longshoreman, and, on the date mentioned, was employed by Walsh to assist in unloading the vessel. The cargo consisted of tin in pigs stowed below decks. A “span,” consisting of wire rope at each end, and a chain in the middle, was hung between masts about 45 feet above the deck. To the center of this span a fall…
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