Leathers v. Blessing

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing maritime tort of negligence as existing as a counterpart to state law negligence
• recognizing a negligence recovery under the general maritime law
• recognizing a negligence recovery under the general maritime law
• injuries to one who boarded vessel at wharf to determine whether expected consignment of cotton seed had arrived
• “[T]he relation of the master and of his co-owner, through him, to the libellant, [is] such as to create a duty on them to see that the libellant [is] not injured by the negligence of the master.”
• consignee aboard vessel to check on goods

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).