CONGER, District Judge.
This is a negligence action by a stevedore against the Black Diamond Steamship Company, owners of the vessel Black Hawk, upon which he was injured. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant owner failed to cover an open hatch, or failed to put up guard ropes or stanchions around the open hatch, and he, the plaintiff, being
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