The Santiago

Citations

• 131 F. 383
• 1904 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 205

Syllabus

<p>1. Shipping — Longshokemen—Injuries—Safe Place to Wokk.</p> <p>Where the watchman of a ship was charged with the duty of lighting the hold or furnishing lights to the stevedores to enable them to safely reach the hold in which they were working, and there is no evidence that the watchman, in the performance of such duty, was in the employ of an independent contractor, it will be presumed that the watchman continued in the employ of the ship, which was chargeable with his negligence in failing to light the hold for the benefit of a longshoreman employed by the head stevedore; such negligence being proximate cause of his injuries.</p>