GILBERT, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
Concerning the condition of the shackle pin and the strain under which it broke, all the testimony on behalf of the appellant, with the exception of that of one expert, was heard before the court. There was evidence that the pin had been subjected to extraordinary strain in dragging a heavy slingload of lumber, estimated by the first officer of the ship to weigh 2½ tons, a distance of 180 feet across...
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