Olson Towboat Company, Olson Steamship Co., the Tug Jean Nelson, the Barge Florence v. Joao Dutra

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, a seaman, sued the boatov/ners for damages for the loss of a portion of the index finger on his right hand. He charged negligence in his first cause of action; unseaworthiness in his second. In a trial by the district court without a jury, the court found, by its “Amended Findings,” that respondents below (appellants here) had “negligently operated said vessels so as to allow the mooring cable to become defective,” and that said same condition of the mooring cable made the vessel unseaworthy and not a safe place to work. Damages of $3,500 were awarded.…