FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty filed in rem against the steamship Wearpool and in personam against her owner Pool Shipping Co., Ltd., by Judd De Groat, a longshoreman, to recover damages for his own personal injuries. The libel alleged negligence of the vessel in not furnishing him with a safe place to work. Respondent denied negligence and pleaded contributory negligence on the part of libellant, barring recovery. There was a decree in favor of...
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