The Indrani
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from tbe District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This case comes up on an appeal from a decree of the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia, in admiralty. The steamship Indrani, on January 18, 1898, was lying at a wharf at Newport News. She was taking in cargo. To this end she had employed two boss stevedores', each having his own gang, and each doing separate work.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This case comes up on an appeal from a decree of the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia, in admiralty. The steamship Indrani, on January 18, 1898, was lying at a wharf at Newport News. She was taking in cargo. To this end she had employed two boss stevedores', each having his own gang, and each doing separate work. One gang was engaged to load the ship with a general cargo. They were at work in hold No. 2. The other gang was engaged in loading her with grain by means…
1Opinion of the CourtSimonton, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). What was the proximate cause of this accident, — the negligence of the respondent or of the* libelant? His honor, the district judge, found that there was negligence on the part of the libelant, and so he reduced the award of damages. As there has been no exception to this finding, it can be safely assumed that this fact has been established. The Maria Martin, 12 Wall. 40, 20 L. Ed. 251. Was the respondent also guilty of negligence? Was there the absence of that care which it was the duty of respondent to use? The action proceeds on the idea that there existed an…
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- The SaratogaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
- Dwyer v. National Steam-Ship Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1880
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