The Talus
District Court, S.D. Alabama
In Admiralty. Suit by Erik Sandberg and others against the British ship Talus. Decree for certain libelants, and against others.
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, District Judge.
The libel in this case was filed by the seamen, claiming one-half part of the wages which they had earned up to the time of their demand for such part of their wages. It appears that the libelants were shipped as seamen aboard the British ship Talus in Eiverpool, England, and began their services about the 1st of December, 1916; that the vessel arrived in this port on February 11th, and the men were paid some money on account of their wages; that about the 22d day of February, 1917, libelants, in the port of Mobile, demanded one-half part of the wages which they had then…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The IxionDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1916
- HaskellDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1916
- The LondonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1917
- The ImberhorneDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1917
- The StrathearnDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- The WindrushCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918