The Sarnia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York; in favor of libelant for personal injuries sustained while on a voyage from New York to the West Indies and return in July, 1904. The opinion of the District Judge is reported in 137 Fed. 952.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
Before leaving port, while hauling in to shift the vessel from one berth to another, a loose wire of the cable pricked libelant’s right hand. No negligence on the part of the ship is charged, so far as the original injury is concerned, but it is contendéd that he did not receive the subsequent care to which as a seaman he was entitled. The hand gave him no trouble while in the port of New York. He worked just as well as before. But after three days from their sailing it swelled up and pained *107him very much. He used oil and bread to put on the swelling and the next clay…
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