L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in the admiralty, awarding damages to a stevedore for injuries suffered under the following circumstances. The libellant was in the employ of a stevedoring company, engaged by the New York Central Railroad to load a cargo from one of its lighters onto the steamer, "Ogna," owned by the respondent. The "Ogna" was lying alongside a pier in Brooklyn, the lighter was made fast to her offshore side, and during the...
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