Anderson v. Whitney-Bodden Shipping Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; Robert T. Ervin, Judge. l,ibel by Ernest Anderson against the schooner Coniscliff; the Whitney-Bodden Shipping Company, Incorporated, claimant. Decree for claimant (266 Fed. 959), and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARKER, Circuit Judge.
The appellant libeled the schooner Con-iscliff, a vessel registered under the laws of the United States, for $88 claimed to be due on his wages as mate of that vessel. The claimant (appellee here) admitted that the amount stated was due, but successfully resisted the demand on the ground that the vessel was required to pay, and did pay, more than that amount to the United States Marine Hospital at Mobile for and on account of treatment of the appellant for syphilis. After the appellant, who is an alien, was employed and entered upon service as mate, he contracted the…
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