Young v. The Vessel Alcoa Corsair

THOMAS, District Judge.

This libel was filed by a seaman without prepayment of fees or costs and without security therefor, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1916, to recover unearned wages allegedly due.

The case was submitted to the Court on a stipulation of facts and the arguments of counsel. In essence, that stipulation is as follows:

On June 2, 1959, the libelant, Herbert H. Young, signed shipping articles dated March 30, 1959, with the master of the steamship Alcoa Corsair, owned and operated by Alcoa Steamship Company of New York. Young was signed as an oiler with a salary of $363.67 a month.

The shipping…