Legal Opinion
In re Johnson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 14, 1916No. 20PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Admiralty. In the matter of the wages and effects of J. II. Johnson, a deceased seaman, late of the steamship Arapohoe.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, District Judge.
This is an application for obtaining the' wages and effects of a deceased merchant seaman. It appears from a certificate of the clerk of this court that $14.75, a balance of the wages of the above-named deceased seaman, is now on deposit in the registry of the court, and the effects of said deceased seaman are now in possession of the shipping commissioner for this district. An allowance is asked by the shipping commissioner of $2,12, and the court is informed that this allowance has not been asked for or received heretofore.
There is ample judicial authority for this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. HillU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1885
- United States v. GrantDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re MacDonaldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917