Heyer v. Reardon Smith Line, Ltd.

LONG, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on final hearing upon the libel of John Wesley Heyer, the answer of Reardon Smith Line, Ltd., claimant, and the testimony taken before the Commissioner and before the Court, and having been argued and submitted by the proctors for the respective parties, and due deliberation having been had, the Court now finds as follows:

The steamship “Prince Rupert City” arrived at the Port of Pensacola, Florida, on May 15, 1939, for cargo of scrap iron, and immediately longshoremen were engaged in loading scrap railroad iron rails from ten to thirty-five…