COLLIE v. FERGUSSON

No. 423.

281 U.S. 52 (1930)

50 S.Ct. 189

74 L.Ed. 696

COLLIE ET AL. v. FERGUSSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jacob L. Morewitz, with whom Mr. Percy Carmel was on the brief, for petitioners.

Messrs. Leon T. Seawell and Henry Bowden, with whom Messrs. D. Arthur Kelsey, R. Arthur Jett, Walter Sibert and Samuel E. Forwood were on the brief, submitted for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on writ of certiorari, granted October 28, 1929, to review a decree of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which affirmed, without opinion, a decree of the District Court of Eastern Virginia, denying, also without opinion, the claims of petitioners, who are seamen, for double wages for "waiting time," under R.S. § 4529; Tit. 46, U.S. Code, § 596; (Act of July 20, 1790, c. 29...

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