Sagi v. Harkkila

This is an appeal from a decree in a proceeding in admiralty brought by five aliens, who had shipped aboard the Finnish vessel, Edit H, as seamen, to recover damages on account of alleged mistreatment and false imprisonment. The questions involved with respect to the mistreatment are pure questions of fact, and a careful review of the evidence convinces us that there is no reason to disturb the findings of the court below exonerating the vessel from the charges. The claim as to false imprisonment arises out of the fact that, after the master of the vessel had been notified by the immigration…