NETERER, District Judge.
It is objected (1) that the libelant was not a seaman at the time of the accident in the sense that he was not performing duties as a seaman at the time of his injury; (2) he was not in the service of the ship at the time of the casualty; (3) that the voyage had not begun. Seaman in early times meant a person who can hand, reef and steer — a mariner in the full sense of the word. By statute, 46 U.S. C.A. § 713, every person who...
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