Legal Opinion
Dobbyn v. Boat Repairing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 3, 1928No. 3681PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
On June 14, 1921, the boat Westfield was lying on the Hudson river at a wharf at Lafayette in the state of New Jersey. She had been used as a ferryboat to transport passengers and freight across the Hudson river between New Jersey and New York. She was being repaired, and Clifford Dobbyn, son of Oliver and Ann Dobbyn, was employed as a machinist’s helper in repairing her. On the day in question, the boat was lying about 8 feet from the wharf, and the workmen passed to and from the boat by means of a gangplank or gangway, one end of which was on the boat and the other end…
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