The Allison White

BROWN, District Judge.

The libelant was seriously and permanently injured by the fall of a stanchion, while he was at work as a *992coal shoveler or trimmer in the hold of the barge. He was in the employment of the Newell Coal & Lumber Company, consignee, which had full control of the discharge of the cargo of coal. The. libel alleges that the fall of the stanchion was due “to its unsound, weak, and unsafe condition, and to its weak, negligent, and unsafe fastening.” The claimant contends that the stanchion was of proper character and construction, but was knocked out by the steam shovel in use by…