INTER-ISLAND NAV. CO. v. BYRNE

No. 288.

239 U.S. 459 (1915)

INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED, v. BYRNE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles R. Hemenway for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Frank E. Thompson and Mr. John W. Cathcart for defendants in error.


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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