BAY STATE DREDGING & CONTRACTING CO. v. PORTER

No. 4080.

153 F.2d 827 (1946)

BAY STATE DREDGING & CONTRACTING CO. v. PORTER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 14, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert C. Thompson and Thompson & Twomey, all of Boston, Mass., for appellant.

A. L. Kaplan, of Boston, Mass., for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Clarence J. Porter, suffered serious injuries on May 10, 1943, in the course of his employment as combined deckhand and deckmate on the tug "Priscilla P. White" owned and operated by defendant. The tug was 50 ft. long, driven by a Diesel engine. In addition to plaintiff, the crew consisted of a captain and an engineer. At the time of the accident defendant was engaged in the business of dredging a channel in Cotuit Harbor, Massachusetts...

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