JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY F. CORP.

No. 194.

24 F.2d 963 (1928)

JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 19, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas B. Axtell, of New York City (Myron Scott, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff in error.

William A. De Groot, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Edgar G. Wandless, and Frederick H. Cunningham, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant in error.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and SWAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in error, who said he was an invitee — seeking employment as a ship's carpenter — on one of the defendant in error's boats, and was injured while walking on a gangplank, which he claimed was not firmly in place. The jury found against him on the issue of negligence.

The plaintiff in error assigns error for the charge of the court, which instructed...

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