Grasso v. The Lisnacrieve
District Court, E.D. New York
This was a libel in rem by Mattee Grasso against the steamship Lisnacrieve, to recover damages for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
On the 17th day of August, 1896, the libelant, a longshoreman, was working aboard the steamship Lisnacrieve, under the employment of T. Monaghan, a stevedore, with whom a contract had been made by the charterers to discharge a cargo of asphalt. The ship was lying at the foot of Fifty-Second street, in the city of New York. The asphalt was brought up from the hold of the vessel by means of iron tubs, furnished by the contracting stevedore, hoisted by means of a block and. tackle, passing to one of the winches of the vessel, which was run by one of the seamen of the…
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