Myklebust v. Meidell

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, dismissing a libel in admiralty.

It is averred in the libel that the motor-ship “Estrella” is a Norwegian vessel; that the libellants are subjects of Norway; that the vessel is within the jurisdiction of the Court; that the libellants signed shipping articles for a foreign voyage on the “Estrella” with the right to secure their discharge in any Northern European port upon seven days’ notice; that prior to the departure of the “Estrella” from a French port the libellants…