Alcyone

BYERS, District Judge.

■ Motion by the administratrix of Martin R. Christie for an order modifying an order-appointing a commissioner in a limitation proceeding initiated by Henry W. Putnam, as owner of the yacht Alcyone.

The decedent Christie received injuries-while performing duties in the course of his employment on the said yacht on October 4, 1930, from the effects of which he died on January 23, 1931. His widow was duly appointed administratrix and, under date of March 18,1931, caused her attorneys to write a letter to the yacht owner, in the effort to-ascertain whether her claim could be…