Dahl v. The S.S. Amigo

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.

This is a cause of action brought by the libelants, Karl Dahl and Hjalmar Wiik, for wages, for damages as a result of a breach of the contract of employment, for penalty wages as provided by Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 596, for subsistence and repatriation expenses; and on behalf of libelant, Karl Dahl, who became ill while awaiting repatriation, for maintenance and cure.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. The libelants both signed one-year contracts of employment with the master of the SS AMIGO, Otto Henrichsen, in Bergen, Norway, on November 15, 1958. The contracts provided…