In re Edwards

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Louisiana Transportation Company, ■owner of the Tug D’Artagnan, filed this ■petition for exoneration and/or limita-' tion of liability. Wiley J. Odom, seaman •on the D’Artagnan, is the only claimant. He asserts that he injured his foot when be inadvertently placed it between the D’Artagnan and the barge to which the D’Artagnan was then mooi*ed. He seeks •damages and maintenance under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the •general maritime law by reason of his injury. The issues of the validity of the Odom claim, exclusive of the question of limitation,…