MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.
Defendant in error Byrne brought suit against Kaleiki in the District Court of Honolulu and served the navigation company with a garnishee summons in accordance with the local statute. Answering, the company set up that Kaleiki was hired directly by it (not through a shipping commissioner) as a mate on the "Claudine," plying only in the inter-island coast trade, and asked a discharge because of the exemption...
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