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WHITE v. ISLAND TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 206.

233 U.S. 346 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 589

58 L.Ed. 993

WHITE v. ISLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.J. Gordon, Mr. P.C. Sullivan and Mr. E.B. Stevens for appellant.

Mr. Ovid A. Byers and Mr. Alpheus Byers for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of of the court.

While a passenger on the steamboat Fairhaven, plying upon Puget Sound, Laura G. White sustained a severe personal injury in being caught or thrown by a rod, called a hog-chain, extending through the deck and connecting with the paddle-wheel. To recover for the injury she brought an action against the Island Transportation Company, the owner of the vessel...

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