Legal Opinion
Lakos v. Saliaris
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 31, 1940No. 4670PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a libel filed by five Greek seamen against the Greek steamship Leonidas. The purpose of the libel was to recover as balance of wages a so-called “war bonus” of 80% of the basic wage scale plus two pounds ten shillings per day while in belligerent areas. The court below, being of opinion that the “war bonus” did not constitute wages within the meaning of 46 U.S.C.A. § 597 and that the interests of justice did not require it to adjudicate the controversy between the foreign seamen and a vessel of their own country with respect to…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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