The Hilarius

Cl 1ATFIT.I,]), District Judge.

The libelant alleges fault on the part of the steamship because of the breaking of an eccentric strap due to a defective condition of a winch, while the claimant makes a general denial, alleges contributory negligence, and also claims that the accident was occasioned through the acts of a fellow servant, or through the improper management of the winch by the winchman, who was in the service of the stevedore and not of the steamslihx The allegations of fault were with relation to the condition of this eccentric strap, and, as the case finally went to trial, must…