DICKINSON, District Judge.
Briefs have been submitted and the cause now ripe for a ruling.
The libel is filed to recover compensation for injuries sustained by a seaman. There might be two grounds of recovery; one based on negligence, the other on the obligation of a ship for cure, etc. The latter obligation is admitted. The only, what may be called statutory, basis for a finding of negligence is that a hatch was left open. Rule 5, section 24, of General Rules...
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