SMITH v. LYKES BROTHERS-RIPLEY S. S. CO.

No. 9112.

105 F.2d 604 (1939)

SMITH v. LYKES BROTHERS-RIPLEY S. S. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Geo. H. Terriberry, Jos. M. Rault, and Benjamin W. Yancey, all of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

On February 17, 1937, appellant sustained a personal injury in the course of his employment on board the Steamship Liberty Bell. He had been ordered to take bilge soundings, and, in carrying out this order, he fell and sustained a sacro-iliac sprain. In an action at law in the court below, alleging that his injury was due solely to the negligence of the appellee, its officers, and employees in not furnishing him with a safe place to work, he...

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