Legal Opinion
Kongs v. Oceanic & Oriental Nav. Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 26, 1931No. 18854PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ST. SURE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a seaman, brought this action on the law side of the court under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, § 33 (section 688, USCA, title 46), seeking damages against the defendants for negligence and for loss of wages.
Defendants demur upon several grounds, two only of which I deem it necessary to consider. The first questions the right of plaintiff to claim damages for negligence and for loss of wages in the same aetion; and the second objects that, even if wages may be recovered in the same action, each claim must be separately stated.
1. As we…
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