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PETITION OF KARLSSON

No. 21671.

302 F.Supp. 628 (1969)

Petition of Stig H. R. KARLSSON, Seaman, for an Order setting aside the forfeiture of his wages, clothing and effects, for desertion.

United States District Court N. D. California.

August 7, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Stender, and Larry M. Starn, Daly City, Cal., of Jarvis, Miller & Stender, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., John F. Meadows, Atty. in Charge, West Coast Office Admiralty & Shipping Section, San Francisco, Cal., Frederick F. Burgess, Jr., Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for claimant.

OPINION

LAYTON, District Judge.*

Petitioner signed ship's articles as an Assistant Electrician on the SS LANE VICTORY, on a voyage from California to Wilmington, N. C., and, thence, to Viet Nam and return. After leaving the Panama Canal westbound for Viet Nam, petitioner claimed to have developed a severe pain, congestion and/or cold in his chest which grew worse to the point that he was, with the consent of the Master, given...

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