Avgoustis v. Erini Shipping Co.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

On or about October 21, 1948, the fourteen libellants, all Greek nationals, signed Panamanian shipping articles for a voyage on the S. S. Evgenia, a cargo vessel sailing under the Panamanian flag and owned by the Erini Shipping Company S. A., the claimant herein. The charter provided: “Vessel is to leave New York, N. Y. for Botwood no later than October 23, 1948, and to proceed direct to Botwood, Newfoundland, where vessel will load newsprint cargo.” The ship’s articles provided in paragraph 6 as follows:

“6) Any dispute which may arise between the Master or…