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MAHNICH v. SOUTHERN S.S. CO.

No. 200.

321 U.S. 96 (1944)

MAHNICH v. SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Abraham E. Freedman, with whom Mr. Paul M. Goldstein was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Joseph W. Henderson, with whom Mr. George M. Brodhead, Jr. was on the brief, for respondent.

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

Petitioner, a seaman on respondent's vessel, the "Wichita Falls," was injured, while at sea, by a fall from a staging, which gave way when a piece of defective rope supporting it parted. The rope was supplied by the mate when there was ample sound rope available for use in rigging the staging. The question is whether the defect in the staging was a breach of the warranty...

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