The General Foy
District Court, D. Oregon
In Admiralty. .Suit by Jennie Williams, administratrix, against the General Foy. On exceptions to libel.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
Robert H. Williams, while employed on the ship General Foy and engaged in removing ballast from the hold thereof, was killed by reason of an alleged defective condition of, the cable used in raising such ballast in the process of unloading the same, attributed to the negligence of the ship. The administratrix of the deceased has brought her libel to recover damages on account of his death. The respondent has filed numerous exceptions to the libel. Upon the presentation of the cause, however, upon the exceptions, but one question was insisted upon, namely, that the…
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