Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co., 295 U.S. 647 (1935)

Please note: this case begins in mid-page. It therefore shares a citation with the last page of the previous case. If you are attempting to follow a link to the last page of 295 U.S. 639, click here.

Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co.


No. 678


Argued April 12, 1935
Decided June 3, 1935
295 U.S. 647

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN

Syllabus

A longshoreman, while unloading a vessel in navigable water, was swept from the deck by the ship’s hoist and precipitated upon the wharf, where he was hurt by the fall. Held that the cause of action was in admiralty. P. 648.

269 Mich. 295, 257 N.W. 831, affirmed.

Certiorari, 294 U.S. 704, to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Michigan vacating an award of the state compensation commission.