Legal Opinion
The Alector
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 16, 1920PublishedCited by 15 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by Anker W. Iienriksen against the steamship Alector.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This case turns upon the. question of whether a ship may deduct from the wages of a seaman an amount paid by the ship in settlement of a bill against it for hospital charges, incurred by order of the immigration authorities, for treatment of a loathsome disease with which he was affected upon landing in this country, and for which he was properly put in hospital by the authorities. The facts briefly are that the libelant shipped at Rotterdam on or about the 20th day of October, 1919, on the Alector, for a voyage to a port in the United States, as carpenter,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The Bouker No. 2Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Mitchell v. The Mary SanfordDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1893
- The Ellen LittleDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1916
- Chandler v. The Annie BuckmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1853
- Pierce v. PattonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1833
3Cited by15 opinions
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- Barlow v. Pan Atlantic SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- The Ss BerwindglenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1937
- Bentley v. Albatross S.S. Co. The Christian BerghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
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