THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in favor of the respondent in a suit in admiralty commenced by a libel in personam to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the libelant. The facts are sufficiently set out in the memorandum opinion by Judge Fake, quoted in full in a note at the end of the opinion.
The libelant elected to sue in admiralty although, as a seaman, he might have sued at law under authority of the Jones Act ...
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