MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
Counsel for petitioner states that the question raised on this record is: "Was the Indiana unseaworthy at the time of beginning her voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, or was the failure to securely fasten the port covers and keep them fastened a fault or error in the management of the vessel under the exemption of the `Harter act?'"
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