Legal Opinion
The Meteor
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided May 1, 1917No. 1645PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty. Libel by B. M. Strom against the bark Meteor.
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, District Judge.
In this case, the facts are agreed upon, and the purpose of the libel is to secure a construction of the Seaman’s Act. The facts are that Strom was shipped on the Meteor at an agreed wage; that since his shipment he has earned wages, and had been paid on- account of such wages so earned at the time the libel was filed, more than one-half the total wages earned by him.
There is no question in this case of advancement.
The Meteor arrived in Mobile, and after such arrival Strom demanded money on account of his wages which was paid to him. After a. lapse of more than five…
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