Legal Opinion
Sandren v. Ulster S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1920No. 3413PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Karl Sandren and others against the steamship Rathlin Head; the Ulster Steamship Company, Limited, claimant. Decree for claimant, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
The appeal presents a single question involving the construction of section 4 of the Seamen’s Act. Act March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1165 (Comp. St. § 8322).' The applicable part of that section is as follows:
“Every seaman on a vessel of the United States shall be entitled to receive ■on demand from the master of the vessel to which he belongs, one-half of the part of the wages which he shall have then earned at every port where such vessel," after the voyage has been commenced, shall load or deliver cargo before the voyage is ended.”
The question presented is as to the proper…
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