BYERS, District Judge.
The libelant sues to recover for personal injuries suffered by him when he was about to go on duty as an able-bodied seaman on the steamship Algic when lying at her berth in Montevideo, on November 10, 1929. Three causes of action are pleaded in the libel:
(1) Negligence on the part of the defendant in failing to provide a safe place in which the libelant could work; in permitting oil to accumulate on the deck which he was required to...
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