Legal Opinion
Payne v. SS Tropic Breeze
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 2, 1967No. Civ. 453-67PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CANICO, Chief Judge.
Apostólos Samadjapolus, master of the SS Tropic Breeze, has petitioned leave of the Court to intervene and assert his claims for wages, travelling expenses and advance made on behalf of the vessel.
The Intervenor, National Western Life Insurance Co., has objected to the intervention of Apostólos Samadjapolus, alleging that under the American Maritime Law the master of a vessel has no lien for wages or travelling expenses. The master alleges that the law of the vessel’s flag is controlling and that said law gives him a maritime lien for wages. The objection of National…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The J. E. RumbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Collie v. FergussonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Sheppard and Others v. Taylor and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Gerber v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Bender Weld. & MacH. Co., Inc. v. M/V Sovereign OpalDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1976
- First Nat. Bank & Trust Co., Etc. v. Oil Screw, Etc.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1973
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