Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1948No. 5688PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree disallowing a claim of a seamen for maintenance, cure and wages. Libellant entered -the service of the Steamship “Robert Jordan” on February 8, 1944. On February 16th he signed the statutory shipping articles for a foreign voyage and thereafter worked and slept aboard the vessel until he was granted shore leave on February 19th. After going ashore, he first went to his home, where to took a bath and obtained some of his belongings which he desired to take with him on the voyage, and then spent the night with a friend. On the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Kyriakos v. GoulandrisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Nowery v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
- Meyer v. Dollar S. S. LineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Sullivan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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