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THE VALDARNO

No. 4642.

11 F.2d 35 (1926)

THE VALDARNO. LLOYD MEDITERRANEO SOCIETA ITALIANO DI NAVIGAZIONE, OF GENOA, ITALY, v. VASS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 13, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Smith, of Mobile, Ala. (Smiths, Young, Leigh & Johnston, of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for appellant.

Robert Eugene Gordon, D. H. Edington, and David B. Goode, all of Mobile, Ala. (Gordon & Edington, of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in favor of the appellee Vass (herein called the libelant), against the steamship Valdarno and its surety, awarding damages for personal injuries sustained by the libelant while he was serving as a night watchman on the Valdarno. The libelant was injured by falling into the vessel's hold through one of its hatches. The libel charged that that hatch was not safely protected, and was so unsafe that, when libelant...

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