The Owen

BARD, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty for personal injuries brought by libellant against the Lighter “Owen”. It is defended by .one Sheridan as claimant of that vessel.

On October 5, 1937, libellant was employed by Murphy-Cook & Company as a stevedore engaged in loading a cargo on the S.S. “City of Flint” at Pier 98 in the Delaware River, Philadelphia. On that morning the Lighter “Owen” had come alongside the “City of Flint” with a cargo of oil cakes to be loaded on the “City of Flint”. Apparently for the purpose of permitting his wife to disembark, the captain of the Lighter…