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STRECKFUS STEAMERS v. SHUTTLEWORTH

No. 4070.

86 F.2d 327 (1936)

STRECKFUS STEAMERS, INC., v. SHUTTLEWORTH.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

November 9, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Strickling, of Huntington, W. Va. (Douglas W. Brown, Jackson N. Huddleston, and Fitzpatrick, Brown & Davis, all of Huntington, W. Va., on the brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

A. A. Lilly, of Charleston, W. Va. (Robert E. White, of Huntington, W. Va., and Lilly & Lilly, of Charleston, W. Va., on the brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and GLENN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff was a passenger on an excursion steamboat operated by defendants. The injuries resulted from the explosion of a firecracker thrown by another passenger; and the negligence alleged was the failure of defendant to take reasonable precautions to prevent the shooting of firecrackers by other passengers on the crowded excursion boat...

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