The Admiral Peoples, 295 U.S. 649 (1935)

Name: The Admiral Peoples, 295 U.S. 649 (1935) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

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The Admiral Peoples

No. 696

Submitted April 12, 1935
Decided June 3, 1935
295 U.S. 649

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

A passenger, while disembarking from a ship over its gangplank, which projected above a dock, fell from the shore end of the gangplank to the dock and was injured by the fall. Negligence in failing to provide a railing on the gangplank, in failing to have the plank flush with the dock or taper off to the dock level, and in failing to give warning of the step was charged against the ship. Held that the gangplank was part of the ship, and the cause of action in admiralty. P. 651.

73 F.2d 170 reversed.

Certiorari, 294 U.S. 702, to review a judgment affirming a judgment sustaining an exception to a libel in admiralty.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," The Admiral Peoples, 295 U.S. 649 (1935) in 295 U.S. 649 295 U.S. 650. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E9JGL9H3ADKH1QY.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." The Admiral Peoples, 295 U.S. 649 (1935), in 295 U.S. 649, page 295 U.S. 650. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E9JGL9H3ADKH1QY.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in The Admiral Peoples, 295 U.S. 649 (1935). cited in 1935, 295 U.S. 649, pp.295 U.S. 650. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E9JGL9H3ADKH1QY.

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