The Sydfold

GALSTON, District Judge.

The claimant excepts to the libel on the grounds that the action is barred by a statute of limitations, and on the ground that the libelant has been guilty of laches in failing to proceed.

The libelant alleges that the decedent died as the result of injuries sustained by him while in performance of his duties as a longshoreman working on the steamship Sydfold, owing, to the negligence of the master and the crew of that vessel. He died on December 9, 1932. The libel was not filed until June 27, 1935.

While a statute of limitations is not strictly a bar' in admiralty,…