Kuhlman v. W. & A. FLETCHER CO.

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, sustained injuries when at work on the repair of a ship, and, within two years, brought this action for damages on the law side of the District Court, charging the defendant with negligence in several respects. Later, he moved for leave to amend his complaint.

“(a) By entitling the same ‘In Admiralty’;

“(b) By designating said pleading as a ‘libel’;

“(c) By pleading and particularizing the allegations contained in the same to conform to the practice and principles of. admiralty pleading”;

—and gave his adversary notice that if…