Nunez v. United States

McGRANERY, District Judge.

This is an action by a seaman for the value of his clothing, left aboard ship, his wages earned up to the' time a vessel sailed without him, and his wages and 'subsistence during the time that he was ashore before he could ship out again.

Although the general agency agreement •was not introduced into evidence, the government’s admissions make’clear that libellant was an employee of the United States through the War Shipping Administration. As such, his. action is governed by the terms of the Clarification Act, 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix, § 1291, which provides that seamen…