Alne v. Robinson

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

This is a ease on cross-appeals from a decree of the United States District Court at Norfolk, Va., in an admiralty suit 'brought by the libelant-appellee to recover for personal injuries sustained while employed as a stevedore laborer discharging a cargo from the steamship Haraldshaug, at Savannah, Ga. The District Court held the ship liable for the injuries, and awarded the sum of $5,500 as damages therefor. From this decision the respondent-appellant appealed, insisting that there existed no liability on its part for the libelant’s injuries. 'Libelant-appellee filed…