Stavridis v. Cia Panamena Europa Navegacion Ltda.

RIFKIND, District Judge.

On exceptions and exceptive allegations to a libel.

The amended libel alleges that libelant, a seaman, was employed on or about February 20, 1948, to serve as an A.B. aboard the S. S. Parita Bay for a round voyage, from the United States and return to the United States. The pleading is silent on the following matters but both parties apparently admit that the vessel was of Panamanian registry, that the seaman was an alien, and that the contract of employment wa9 made at Norfolk, Virginia.

The third cause of action of the amended libel alleges that at Norfolk, Virginia,…