Bender v. Waterman S. S. Corp.

PER curiam:.

This is an appeal by the libellant, a seaman, from the final decree of the district court in admiralty dismissing his claim against the respondent for double wages under Section 4529 R.S., 46 U.S.C.A. § 596, because of the respondent’s refusal to pay him overtime wages which he claimed to be due. The court awarded him the overtime wages which he claimed, amounting to $164, but held that the failure of the respondent to pay this portion of the libellant’s wages was not “without sufficient cause” within the meaning of Section.4529. As Judge Ganey said in the opinion of the district…