Pedersen v. United States

BONDY, District Judge.

On December 24, 1932, at the Manhattan end of the Ellis Island Ferry, the libel-ant transferred a load of broadcasting equipment from his autotruck to three hand trucks and wheeled them onto the ferryboat, Ellis Jsland, owned and operated by the respondent, to carry passengers and cargo, but not motortrucks, between Manhattan and Ellis Island.

When the vessel arrived at Ellis Island she was made fast to a bridge the out-shore end of which rose and fell with the tide. The tide was low and the bridge sloped downward with its end resting six to eight inches below the deck of…