LOUCOPANTIS v. THE OLYMPOS

No. 5927.

177 F.2d 785 (1949)

LOUCOPANTIS et al. v. THE OLYMPOS et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz and J. L. Morewitz, Newport News, Va. (Morewitz & Morewitz, Newport News, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

William C. Coupland, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer & Black, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Fifteen members of the Greek ship Olympos filed a libel against the ship, her master and her owner, in which they sought to recover additional wages, penalties and damages by reason of alleged defaults on the part of the ship relating especially to the charge that she was unfit and unseaworthy.

It is first claimed that the libellants are entitled under the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 653 to 658, to a month's wages over and...

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