Legal Opinion
Conery v. Delahoussaye
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1896No. 423PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
1Opinion of the Court
BOARMAN, District Judge.
The libelants, L. P. Delahoussaye, Jr., bill clerk, and George Johnson, steward, of the defendant steamboat, filed their suit for wages, amounting to $94, in the district court for the Eastern district of Louisiana. Under the libel, process was issued, and the boat was seized. No claimant-appearing, she was sold for $2,200, and the proceeds placed in the registry. A number of interveners, claiming for wages, supplies, etc., appeared in the suit. There is no dispute that the steamer St. John was a foreign vessel, having been enrolled and licensed in the state of…
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