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SANDBERG v. McDONALD

No. 392.

248 U.S. 185 (1918)

SANDBERG ET AL. v. McDONALD, CLAIMANT OF THE BRITISH SHIP "TALUS."

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 23, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alex. T. Howard for petitioners.

Mr. W.J. Waguespack for petitioners.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Brown, with whom Mr. Robert Szold was on the brief, for the United States as amicus curiae:

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case brings before us for consideration certain features of the so-called "Seaman's Act." (38 Stat. 1164.) The act is entitled: "An Act To promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions...

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