District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania January 30, 1925, No. 153 (Brocklehurst v. United States)

THOMPSON, District Judge.

This suit was brought by Joseph M. Broeklehurst, a seaman rated as water tender upon the steamship Waco, to recover damages for personal injuries received by him in attending to his duties while engaged in putting in place a boiler cover, which slipped and fell, striking and injuring the libelant’s foot.