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FARRELL LINES, INC. v. DEVLIN

[No. 45, October Term, 1956.]

211 Md. 404 (1956)

127 A.2d 640

FARRELL LINES, INCORPORATED v. DEVLIN ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Lilly, with whom were George W. Sullivan and Robert H. Williams, Jr., on the brief, for appellant, Farrell Lines, Incorporated.

Sol C. Berenholtz, with whom was Solomon Kaplan on the brief, for appellee, John C. Devlin.

Herbert F. Murray, with whom were Clater W. Smith and Clark, Smith & Prendergast on the brief, for appellee, Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.

HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellee Devlin, a seafaring man, hurt his ankle seriously when he jumped from the rail to the deck of the African Patriot, a freighter docked at Locust Point, Baltimore, which he had boarded by way of an improvised gangplank. Farrell Lines, Incorporated (Farrell), the appellant, owned the African Patriot. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. (Atlantic) was unloading the vessel at the time of the accident. Farrell...

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