BYERS, District Judge.
In this cause the libelant seeks to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by him, on June 3, 1932, on the steamship Davenport in New Orleans.
He was an extra hand, having a stand-by job for five days prior to the accident, and acted as a replacement for one member of the regular crew.
He received a head injury through being struck by an iron bar 41 inches long, 2 inches wide and ½ an inch thick, with a tapered end...
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