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KIBADEAUX v. STANDARD DREDGING CO.

No. 7929.

81 F.2d 670 (1936)

KIBADEAUX v. STANDARD DREDGING CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 29, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. C. Hughes and J. W. Lockhart, both of Galveston, Tex., for appellant.

Byron Economidy, of Galveston, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Kibadeaux libeled the steam dredge Burlington in admiralty for a personal injury. On stipulated facts the libel was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The question on this appeal is whether a deck hand on a dredge engaged in cleaning the slips in Galveston harbor navigated by ships in interstate and foreign commerce, who was injured while at work by defects in the appliances of the dredge, may libel the dredge in admiralty, or must claim under...

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