Legal Opinion
Vitco v. Joncich
District Court, S.D. California
Decided April 29, 1955No. 16187PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHES, District Judge.
The admiralty jurisdiction of this court is here invoked by a libel in personam filed by a tuna fisherman, without prepayment of fees or costs and without security therefor, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1916, to recover maintenance and cure and wages to the end of the period of his employment. Adm.Rule 13, 28 U.S. C.A.; Sheppard v. Taylor, 1831, 5 Pet. 675, 711, 30 U.S. 675, 711, 8 L.Ed. 269.
The facts, as disclosed upon the trial, are briefly these. Respondents are the owners of the commercial fishing vessel Pioneer. In the fall of 1951 libelant, who had shipped over many years from…
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Cory Gardiner, William E. Bishop v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., United States Lines, Inc., Etc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Harry Holmes v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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