Legal Opinion

The Bluefields

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided May 27, 1921PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In Admiralty. Libel against the schooner Bluefields for wages of libelant while he was employed as a sailor on the schooner. On motion of the libelant for final decree.

1Opinion of the Court

ERVIN, District Judge.

This matter comes on to be heard on a motion of the proctor for libelant for a final decree. The facts in this case are substantially as follows:

Libelant was employed as a sailor on the schooner Bluefields, and had earned $44.90, and when they got to Mobile he was found to be in a condition which necessitated his going to the Marine Hospital, and he was sent there. After being treated, he was discharged by the hospital, and then he made a demand for his wages on Capt. Scott, owner of the vessel, who resides in Mobile. Capt. Scott told him that he could not then go with…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Black Diamond Coal-Min. Co. v. The H. C. GradyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1898
  2. Goodyear v. SawyerUnited States Circuit Court · 1883
  3. Coy v. PerkinsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1882
  4. Andrews v. ColeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1884
  5. The Bay CityDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1880

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Kennard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1961

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