Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. Hill

Pannell, Judge.

One question in this case is whether the exemptions contained in U. S. C. A., Title 46, § 601, may apply to a wife alone rather than jointly to a wife and minor children. That section with its proviso reads as follows:

“No wages due or accruing to any seaman or apprentice shall be subject to attachment or arrestment from any court, and every payment of wages to a seaman or apprentice shall be valid in law, notwithstanding any previous sale or assignment of wages or of any attachment, encumbrance, or arrestment thereon; and no assignment or sale of wages or of salvage made prior…