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SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 4747.

10 F.2d 1022 (1926)

H. M. SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES and Portland Stevedoring Company, a Corporation, Appellees.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 23, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord & Moulton, of Portland, Or., and Walter E. Hettman, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

George Neuner, U. S. Atty., and Erskine Wood, both of Portland, Or., for the United States.

Before GILBERT, HUNT, and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges.

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This was a libel by a longshoreman against the shipowner and a stevedoring company to recover damages for personal injuries. At the time of receiving the injuries complained of, the libelant was standing on a hatch covering, assisting other longshoremen in dragging a heavy tarpaulin over the hatch. While thus engaged, the tarpaulin slipped from his hand, he lost his balance and stepped back or down onto the guard or covering of some steam pipes...

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