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HANSON v. LUCKENBACH S. S. CO.

No. 375.

65 F.2d 457 (1933)

HANSON v. LUCKENBACH S. S. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 8, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Vernon S. Jones and Walter X. Connor, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Bartholomew B. Coyne, of New York City (Alfred J. Bedard, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

Hanson was a seaman on board one of the defendant's ships which was in the port of Philadelphia, lying beside a wharf. A lifeboat had been taken off a deck load of lumber stowed on the after deck, and the chain which had made it fast fell over the side in a bight, held at either end. The lumber rose nine feet above the deck, and the space between its side and the gunwale was not more than a foot; at least so the plaintiff said, and the jury to which the...

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