VILLIGAS v. UNITED STATES


8 F.2d 300 (1922)

VILLIGAS et al. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. New York.

May 11, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick R. Graves, of New York City, for libelants.

Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, of New York City, for respondent.


GARVIN, District Judge.

The steamship Berwyn was wrecked and sunk in the Arabian Sea June 8, 1920. The crew were taken to Alexandria, and were sent on to New York by the American consul, on the Dakotan, without their captain, arriving July 9, 1920. When they arrived, they at once went to the Strachan Shipping Company, managers for the United States Shipping Board, the owner of the Berwyn, and were given $20 each, upon their demand for wages in full. A day or two later...

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