BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of tort for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, upon which judgment was entered, and this writ of error prosecuted.
The plaintiff was employed as a common seaman by the Luckenbach Steamship Company on its steamship K. I. Luckenbach, and at the time of his injury had been on this ship about 4 days. He had worked, however, on ships for about 10 years.
The defendant, a stevedore company,...
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