WILLIAMS v. STEAMSHIP MUT. ETC.

No. 32715.

45 Wn.2d 209 (1954)

273 P.2d 803

DELBERT L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STEAMSHIP MUTUAL UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION, LIMITED, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

August 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bassett, Geisness & Vance, and Stephen V. Carey, for appellant.

Wayne J. Davies, for respondent.


HILL, J.

While the M.V. "Southeastern" was owned and operated by the Briggs Steamship Corporation (hereinafter called "Briggs"), a Delaware corporation doing business and operating in this state, the appellant, a seaman thereon, was injured by a fall into a manhole in a passageway, the cover having been removed by engineering personnel to gain access to the refrigeration machinery. At the time of the injury, Briggs was covered...

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