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THE ADMIRAL PEOPLES

No. 696.

295 U.S. 649 (1935)

THE ADMIRAL PEOPLES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Andrew G. Haley and John P. Hannon submitted for petitioner.

Messrs. W. Lair Thompson and Wallace McCamant submitted for respondents.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was a passenger on the steamship "Admiral Peoples" on her voyage from Wilmington, California, to Portland, Oregon. While disembarking at Portland petitioner was injured by falling from a gangplank leading from the vessel to the dock. This libel in rem against the vessel alleged that respondent placed the gangplank so that it sloped from the ship toward the dock at an angle of from ten to...

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