Legal Opinion
The Ljubica Matkovic
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1943PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFEY, District Judge.
I should like to discuss fully the interesting questions raised in this case. Time to do so, however, is lacking. I shall, therefore, confine myself to the minimum of what I deem it necessary to cover in reaching a conclusion.
Prior to December, 1940, the libelant was chief mate of the vessel Ljubica Matkovic. The vessel was then owned by a corporation of Yugoslavia. In January, 1942, the libelant commenced the present suit, in which he seeks recovery of $5,000 alleged to be owing for his services while chief mate, and in the suit caused the arrest of the vessel.
When he…
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