Elford

This was an aetion to recover damages foj, personal injuries. Tlie plaintiff, at the time o£ receiving the injuries complained of, wag ^ tll0 loy of tho defendant on a an(j was assisting another employee -n atta(jM a llead lin0 from the, bow of the towboat to a raft of j inAhe Columbia ^ WMe go e a d tll laintifl! passed ^ end q£ fte head line to a lo ,er 011 the ^ whon tbe lin0 wa3 attachfid to the raft by ^ loggep tll0 plaintiff procoeded to make the line fast to a cavil on the port side of the bow of the towboat by taking several j;Ums 0f the iine around the cavil, in the form 0£ a figure eight. While so engaged, a bight fn the jine wrapped around the plaintiff’s f00t; causing the injuries for which a reeovery was bere sought. The negligence charged in the eomplaint was that the head line in use was old, worn, and defective, and that after tlie towboat was brought to a stop alongside the raft, and while the plaintiff was engaged in wrapping the head line around the cavil, the defendant, through its agents and servants, carelessly and negligently caused and permitted the vessel to be put in motion, thereby causing and permitting a strain to be thrown on tho line. At the close o£…