HALE, J.
There was a tang of salt air and movement of wind and wave about the SS Fortuna as she lay on blocks in floating dry dock, and perhaps gulls perched on her railings or soared above her stacks, and to everyone who looked upon her she seemed a ship of the sea. Whether thus cradled she was a ship to all who came near her states our problem. We are to decide if the warranty of seaworthiness, ordinarily said in admiralty to protect seamen and others in...
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