Netherlands-American Steam Nav. Co. v. Diamond
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here on writ of error from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $3,000 damages, rendered on a verdict of a jury in an action tried in the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge.
Prior to the accident in question the plaintiff in the court below, a servant of the International Elevator Company, had been engaged on a canal boat shoveling grain, which was to be transferred to defendant’s steamship. He was directed to go into the port bin of the ship’s hold in order to trim the grain. There were two of these bins, a starboard and a port bin, located under the orlop deck. The upper, between, and orlop decks were reached by a series of ladders located at the starboard forward corner of the hatchway known as No. 3. Radders also led down from the…
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