Bonam v. Southern Menhaden Corp.

CALL, District Judge.

Demurrer to the first, second, third, and fourth counts is sustained. The demurrer to the fifth and sixth counts is overruled, and defendant shall plead as it may be advised to the fifth and sixth counts on or before the rule day in June next.

In the above case it seems that upon authority of the adjudicated cases it is clear that the plaintiff was a seaman, and his right to recover must he gauged by the maritime, rather than the common, law. Under the maritime law a seaman injured is entitled to recover his wages, his maintenance and cure; that he is entitled to recover…