HEREDIA v. DAVIES

No. 2455.

12 F.2d 500 (1926)

HEREDIA v. DAVIES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

April 14, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Forwood, of Norfolk, Va. (Henry Bowden, of Norfolk, Va., and Silas B. Axtell, of New York City, on the brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

Barron F. Black, of Norfolk, Va. (John S. Wise, Jr., of New York City, and Hughes, Vandeventer & Eggleston, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before WADDILL and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is a cross-appeal in a libel proceeding filed by Echmundo Heredia, a citizen of Peru, hereafter referred to as libelant, against the Peruvian steamship Apurimac (G. F. Davies, master), hereafter referred to as respondent, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on that vessel while she was at the dock in New York City. Libelant was employed as a messman on the Apurimac. He claims that his arm was broken and that he received...

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