The Pinna
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E- Foster, Judge. Suit in admiralty by H. Olsen and others against the steamship Pinna; Lane & McAndrew, Limited, claimant. Decree for claimant, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty, dismissing a libel, filed by 14 seamen, as to 12 who are«appellants in this court. A decree in favor of the other 2 libelants is not appealed from. The question presented hy the appeal is whether the appellants properly demanded, and were entitled to the payment of, half wages earned, when their ship reached Port Arthur, Tex.
*643The libelants were shipped in London for a voyage to- certain ports in the Gulf of Mexico, and back to a final port of destination in the United Kingdom, not to exceed one year. They signed shipping…
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