Legal Opinion
Samad v. the Steamship Etivebank
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 29, 1955No. 7676PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
Abdul Samad, a citizen of Pakistan, signed aboard the British s/s Etivebank at Calcutta, India, on March 5, 1953. Returning to that port after a six months voyage, he re-signed aboard the same vessel at Calcutta on October 1, 1953, as a “lascar” (referred to as a “sailor”, the equivalent of an • “ordinary seaman”) for a term of twelve months at wages of 125 Rupees per month (equivalent of $38 American money). The agreement, printed in English, was signed by Samad and most of the other las-cars through the process of affixing their thumb prints; the thumb print…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- The BelgenlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Patterson v. Bark EudoraSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Strathearn Steamship Co. v. DillonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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