Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. Campbell

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

As the steamship F. J. Luekenbach was proceeding up the Columbia river to Portland, Or., one Campbell, a seaman ¡gn board, was ordered by his superior officer to sweep out and clean up the lower decks in the No. 2 hold, in company with other seamen, preparatory to taking on cargo. As Campbell was proceeding to the place in question, he fell through No. 4 hatch, receiving injuries from which he died on the following day. A libel was thereupon filed in the court below by the administrator of his estate against the Luekenbach Steamship Company to recover the resulting…