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MUNSON S. S. LINES v. NEWMAN

No. 5129.

24 F.2d 416 (1928)

MUNSON S. S. LINES v. NEWMAN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 25, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crate D. Bowen, of Miami, Fla. (L. S. Julian and Shutts & Bowen, all of Miami, Fla., on the brief), for appellant.

Robt. L. Shipp, of Miami, Fla. (Shipp, Evans & Kline, of Miami, Fla., on the brief); for appellee.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty awarding damages for a personal injury sustained by appellee while he was employed as longshoreman and engaged in unloading cargo. A piece of plank used as dunnage was unsound, and broke under appellee's weight, causing him to lose his balance, with the result that a box of freight which he was lifting fell on him and injured him.

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