Dillon v. Strathearn Steamship Co.

John Dillon, a British subject, filed a libel in admiralty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida in which he claimed the sum of $125.00, alleged to be due him for wages as a carpenter on the steamship “ Strathearn.” The District Court dismissed the libel. 239 Fed. Rep. 583. An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals' for the Fifth Circuit. The libel was filed under the provisions of § 4 of the Seaman’s Act of 1915, 38 Stat. 1164, 1165.

The Circuit Court of Appeals certifies two' questions to this court:

“First. Is section 4530 of the Revised Statutes…