Branfoot v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. •In Admiralty. Libel by John Hamilton against the British steamship William Branfoot to recover damages for personal injuries. Decree for libelant in the sum of $2,286 and costs. 48 Fed. Rep. 914. Both parties appeal. Affirmed.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. •In Admiralty. Libel by John Hamilton against the British steamship William Branfoot to recover damages for personal injuries. Decree for libelant in the sum of $2,286 and costs. 48 Fed. Rep. 914. Both parties appeal. Affirmed. The libel averred that Hamilton was employed on board the steamship William Branfoot, then lying afloat in the navigable waters in the port of Charleston, in unloading a cargo of pyrites, and injured by the sudden fall of an iron stanchion, by reason of its defective, unsafe, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Fuller, Circuit Justice,
(after stating the facts.) Treating the opinion of the learned district judge as if it formally presented findings of fact and conclusions of law separately stated, claimant assigns upon his appeal a number of alleged errors in respect of such findings and conclusions, and these have been fully argued by counsel. The real question is whether, upon the whole case, the district court erred in rendering the decree complained of; but in-determining that question the opinion of the court may be considered, by way of convenience, in the light of claimant’s objections, as…
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