Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Matson S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1938No. 8639PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This is a libel in personam by a former seaman on the steamship Makiki against its owner and operator, Matson Steamship Company. From a final decree for the li-bellant for less than the amount claimed as to one item, and denying others altogether, he prosecutes this appeal, assigning numerous errors. The appellee seeks to modify the decree by cross-assignments of error. The case was heard by the trial court partly on depositions and partly on oral testimony.
On February 5, 1936, appellant, Miguel Martinez, signed as a fireman on the Maki-ki, from San Pedro, California,…
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