Lavino Shipping Co. v. Speck

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The respondent-appellant is the agent for the interest of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, owner of the steamship “Nako Maru” which was libeled by Boris Speck, the libellant-appellee.

’ The libel alleges that Speck during the course‘of his employment by a stevedoring Compáriy and while working on the “Nako Maru” was. injured when a “key” used to remove hatch covers slipped from the hands of a foreman and struck Speck, and that the libellant’s injuries resulted because the key was bent and therefore not suitable for the purposes for which it was intended. The appellant interposed two…