FORD, District Judge.
Libelant in this suit seeks to recover maintenance and cure for the period during which he was disabled following an injury received on February 6, 1951. The important question is whether, at the time of his accident, libelant was in the service of the respondent's ship.
Sometime in December, 1950, libelant, who has been for several years a fisherman on vessels sailing from Boston, was asked by the mate and later by the captain of the...
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