Eldridge v. Isbrandtsen Co.

CLARY, District Judge.

This case is before us on libellants’ exceptions to set-off contained in respondent’s answer and a motion for summary judgment in favor of libellants. The pleadings to date consist of a libel in personam, an answer to libel and complaint incorporating respondent’s “defense and set-off”, libel-lants’ exceptions to set-off and motion for summary judgment, in which pleading and *719in support of their motion, libellants made certain exceptive allegations and respondent’s exceptions to exceptive allegations.

The facts briefly are as follows. Libel-lants are seamen engaged by…