The Nigretia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by Hassan Abdu and others against the steamship Nigretia, her engines, etc., claimed by the Limerick Steamship Company. There was a decree for claimant, and libelants appeal. On motion by libel-ants for an order directing the clerk of the Circuit Court of Appeals to accept and file the transcript or apostles without the payment of, or security for, any fees whatever.
1Per curiam
This motion is renewed because of the passage at the first session of the 65th Congress of the Act of June 12, 1917. This appropriation bill (at 40 Stat. 157), under the subheading or caption “United States Courts,” allots:
“For fees of clerks $215,000: Provided, that courts of the United States shall be open to seamen, without furnishing bond or prepayment of or making deposit to secure fees or costs, for the purpose of entering and prosecuting suit or suits in their own name,” etc.
It is urged that this statute applies to the prosecution of appeals in the Circuit Courts of Appeal; and it is…
2Cited by1 opinion
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