Legal Opinion
Jones v. Clinchfield Nav. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1922No. 1969Published
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
On the night of January 22, 1920, the steamship Saxon, owned and operated by defendant, was lying at anchor in the Cooper river about three-quarters of a mile from the city of Charleston. She was employed in carrying coal to Havanna, Cuba, and had returned from that port for another cargo two days before. She was prepared to take it on board, and expected for that purpose to go to the coal chute the next morning. All her hatches were open, the wireless aerials down, and the booms up. One of the hatches left open was the bunker hatch on the poop deck. The poop deck is in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dwyer v. National Steam-Ship Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1880
- Doyle v. The Jersey CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1891
- Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktien Gesellschaft v. GyeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1913
- Berlin Mills Co. v. CroteauCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1898
- The GladiolusDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1884
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