MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.
Granville C. Matise, a seaman, brought this suit alleging that upon his discharge from the S. S. American Hawk, petitioner, the ship's owner, withheld $510 in wages from him. Matise claimed that, pursuant to Rev. Stat. § 4529, as amended, 46 U. S. C. § 596, he was entitled to two days' pay for every day that payment of the $510 had been delayed.
Title 46 U. S. C. § 596 provides...
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