Ex Parte Abdu
Supreme Court of the United States
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS. The case is stated in. the opiniom
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In.the trial court the petitioners, six in number, Arabian seamen and members of the crew of a British ship, as libellants sought to enforce the payment of one-half their wages in reliance upon the provisions of § 4530, Rev. Stats., as amended by § A-oí-the Act of March .4, 1915,, c. 153, 38 Stat. 1165. In granting an appeal from a decree dis-: missing their claim the court, in view either of. the pro-. visions of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1916, c. 209, 39 Stat. 313, or those of the Act of June 12, 1917, c. 27, 40 Stat. 157, or both, directed that the appellánts be permitted to perfect…
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