The Queen Elizabeth
District Court, N.D. California
In Admiralty. Libel by John Downey against the British steamship Queen Elizabeth.
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLING, District Judge.
Libelant was injured while in the employ of the Western Fuel Company discharging a cargo of coal from the steamer Queen Elizabeth. The vessel was under charter to the Western Fuel Company, which had full charge of her for all the purposes attending the discharge of her cargo. The libelant was, with others, directed by the foreman to climb the cargo battens in order to dislodge the coal that had settled behind them. When 12 or 15 feet from the bottom of the hold one of the battens supporting him gave way because of a broken cleat, and he fell to the bottom, receiving…
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