L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action brought under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(20), to recover a fine unlawfully imposed for allowing the escape of an alien seaman. The facts are as follows. While the steamer "Trentbank", of which the plaintiff was the owner, was in Philadelphia on December 16, 1929, the immigration officer in charge at that port served notice upon the master to detain a Chinese seaman...
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