The Kentra
District Court, E.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
GARVIN, District Judge.
This libel has been filed by a seaman of the steamship Kentra .to recover wages for one month, together with transportation and maintenance until his arrival at New York from Balhoa, on the Pacific side of Panama Canal; libelant also asks for damages for waiting time and for an alleged false arrest. At the trial the claim for damages for false imprisonment was disallowed, and libelant asks that it be disregarded.
Marjama, the libelant, signed shipping articles on or about June 19, 1915, at New York, as carpenter on the Kentra at $40 per month, which articles provided for…
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