Meyer v. Dollar S. S. Line

NETERER, District Judge.

libelant, on November 21, 1929, signed articles for and entered upon a voyage on one of respondent’s ships from San Francisco to Manila and return to the United States, a period of practically two months. The day before arrival at Honolulu, November 27, while off watch, on the after deck, libelant engaged in a “good-natured scuffle with a fellow shipmate,” and received a painful injury to his leg. At Honolulu on November 28, by order of the officer in charge, he was removed and entered at the hospital at Honolulu, but was not discharged. The earned wage, $19.33, was…