The Germania

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem against the bark Germania, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the libellant, by his having fallen through a hatchway in the between decks of the bark, into the lower hold, while the vessel was lying floating in the water, moored to a wharf in the city of New York.

The firm of Hagemeyer & Brunn, of New York, were agents of the bark, which was a foreign vessel. They did the business of the vessel at New York, on behalf of her owners. They were also general commission merchants, and as such, purchased and paid for, on behalf of…