Grant v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

(after stating the facts as above). It seems difficult to account for the accident to the plaintiff, if the stanchions were securely held in their sockets by cotter pins. The weather was rough, but we find nothing in the record to show that it was very extraordinary. The wave which struck the plaintiff and swept him against the chain rail came from the other side of the ship, and would almost inevitably be somewhat broken in force before it reached him. It seems difficult to suppose that such a wave, when striking the chain rails and stanchions, even with the added weight of the plaintiff…