Legal Opinion
In re Landrith
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 18, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 67-B-84PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GARZA, District Judge.
Jay T. Landrith, a seaman, has petitioned this Court for an order setting aside the forfeiture of his wages, clothing and effects for desertion.
He had signed on as a member of the crew of the SS EAGLE COURIER as a radio officer, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. While on a voyage with the ship, the ship docked in Okinawa, landing there on the 11th of June, 1967.
On the 13th of June he was declared a deserter, a new radio officer was taken on, and the ship sailed from Okinawa, according to the log, after a 35-hour delay because of the failure of Landrith to…
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