The Montrose

Citations

• 179 F. 1000
• 1910 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 316

Syllabus

<p>1. Shipping (§ 80*) — Injury to Person on Vessel — Care Required.</p> <p>A vessel is required to exercise reasonable care not to maintain places which are dangerous to persons coming on board with the permission of those in charge, whether on business or for their own pleasure.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Shipping, Cent. Dig. § 335; Dec. Dig. § 80.*]</p> <p>2. Shipping (§ 80*) — Liability op Vessel for Injury to Visitor — Open Hatchway.</p> <p>A vessel held not liable for an injury to a person who came on board while she was lying at a pier from falling through an open hatchway in a corner of the deckhouse, not used as a passageway and lighted by open doors on either side.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Shipping, Cent. Dig. § 335; Dec. Dig. § 80.*]</p>