Legal Opinion
The Kongo
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1946No. 10171PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Allen, circuit judge.
This case originated as a libel filed by a seaman of the Towboat Kongo and L. Birch McBride as assignee of other seamen, to recover unpaid seamen’s wages. Other claimants intervened, claiming that they had delivered necessary supplies and made necessary repairs for the Kongo at the request of its captain. During the period in controversy the Kongo was owned by the Defense Plant Corporation, was under charter to the United States Barge Lines Corporation, hereinafter called the Barge Lines, and was operated by McBride as sailing master.
McBride, who was an experienced river…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. CarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Schoenamsgruber v. Hamburg American LineSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. HvoslefSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. SheaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by14 opinions
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