Legal Opinion
X-L Finance Co. v. Bonvillion
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 24, 1971No. 50574PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Justice.
The issue before this court is whether Bonvillion, the judgment debtor, is a “seaman” and thus exempt from garnishment, by virtue of a federal statute applying to any seaman. 46 U.S.C. § 601. Bonvillion is a member of a crew of a barge used in offshore drilling operations.
Both the trial and intermediate courts dismissed Bonvillion’s rule to set aside the garnishment issued against his employer (“McDermott”) by his judgment creditor, X-L Finance Company. 232 So.2d 922 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1970). These courts held, I., that Bonvillion was not a “seaman” within the meaning of the…
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