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VAN NORDEN v. CHAS. R. McCORMICK LUMBER CO.

No. 4951.

17 F.2d 568 (1927)

VAN NORDEN v. CHAS. R. McCORMICK LUMBER CO. OF DELAWARE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 7, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord & Moulton, of Portland, Or., for plaintiff in error.

McCamant & Thompson and Ralph H. King, all of Portland, Or., and McCutcheon, Olney, Mannon & Greene, of San Francisco, Cal., for defendant in error.

Before GILBERT and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges, and NETERER, District Judge.

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error, the plaintiff below, was one of a gang of stevedores employed by the defendant in loading one of its vessels. The vessel was moored to a dock. At about 6 o'clock p. m. the mate gave an order to "haul ship," which meant to move her forward parallel with the dock. This was done by a windlass aft hauling on the head line, which was attached to a cleat on the dock. In moving the vessel forward the plaintiff was struck by...

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