DICKINSON, District Judge.
Leave was granted to file Briefs in this case. These have now been filed and the cause ripe for a ruling.
The libel is filed by a seaman averred to have been injured through negligence. The occurrence was in the Panama Canal Zone. The motion raises the sole question of trial jurisdiction and is one of venue. Should the trial be in the district of the libelant or in the Canal Zone? The question is one of law, not one of convenience...
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