The Strathearn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida; William B. Sheppard, Judge. Dibel by John Dillon against the Strathearn Steamship Company, claimant of tlie steamship Strathearn. From a decree dismissing the libel (239 Fed. 583), the libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WADKER, Circuit Judge.
[1] This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the libel of the appellant, John Dillon, against the British steamship Strathearn, to recover the wages the libelant had earned *632as a carpenter on that ship prior to the date of his demand from the master of the ship, made two days after its arrival in the port of Pensacola, where the ship delivered cargo, of one-half part of the wages he had earned, which demand was not complied with. The action of the court was the result of its conclusion that the demand was prematurely made, having been made within less than five days…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Patterson v. Bark EudoraSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Wildenhus's CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- The KensingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Union Trust Co. v. GrosmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- The StrathearnDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1917
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