Maniatis v. The Steamship Archipelago

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant, a citizen of Greece, was employed by respondent in Greece on May 15, 1956, with instructions to proceed to Rotterdam where he signed on the steamship Archipelago on May 19, 1956, at a monthly wage of £34-00-00. The vessel flies the Liberian flag and the respondent owner is domiciled in Panama. Jurisdiction is invoked, in the main, by reason of the fact that libellant was given an advance against unearned wages while in the United States, contrary to the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 599. Respondent admits the illegal advance against unearned wages to…