GODDARD, District Judge.
The libelant, John Penker, seeks to recover maintenance and cure amounting to $5,000 as a result of contracting trachoma in his left eye while employed as a fireman on the respondent's steamship, President Hayes, on a voyage from Marseilles, France, to New York, in September, 1932.
I find that Penker was in sound condition when he entered upon the voyage, and that as a result of coming in contact with towels, food, or other articles...
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