ROCHE, Chief Judge.
Libelant brings this action for maintenance and cure under provisions of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 741-752. On October 20, 1945, during the course of his employment as a seaman aboard respondent's vessel, the libelant slipped and fell on some dunnage, thereby incurring a fractured rib. Libelant received the usual hospital certificate from the respondent, which entitled him to care and treatment from the respondent as...
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