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This is a libel in personam brought to recover damages or indemnity in the sum of $5,000 and for maintenance in the sum of $700 for the period of time libelant claims he was unable to work. The ground of recovery is based on the alleged negligence of the master of the vessel Frank D. Stout in refusing libelant a “hospital slip,” which he alleges would have entitled him to medical treatment at the United States Marine Hospital in San Francisco.

Libelant alleges in substance that at the times set out in the libel the Andrew F. Ma-honey Company was the managing owner of the vessel Frank D. Stout; that on or about October 4, 1927, libelees were the owners and operators of said vessel; that on said date libelant entered the service of said libelees in the capacity of fireman; that on or about November 13, 1927, while'so employed, he contracted leprosy without fault on his part; that he did not know he had leprosy, but showed the master of the vessel a red infection about an inch in diameter with small pimples on the right side of his face, which was the beginning of the disease, and asked for a slip to go to the Marine Hospital, which was refused; that he was not able to remain on the…