KERRIGAN, District Judge.
This was an action at law, brought by Berglann, a seaman, under section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 USCA § 688), for personal injuries received by him on the steamship Illinois. The owners of the Illinois appeal from a judgment for plaintiff.
The Illinois is a steel cargo steamer of the three-island type with the usual well decks. The crew's quarters are aft under the poop-deck and on the same level as the well...
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