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LAKOS v. SALIARIS

No. 4670.

116 F.2d 440 (1940)

LAKOS et al. v. SALIARIS. THE LEONIDAS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

December 31, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol C. Berenholtz, of Baltimore, Md., for appellants.

Robert W. Williams, of Baltimore, Md. (Ritchie, Janney, Ober & Williams, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a libel filed by five Greek seamen against the Greek steamship Leonidas. The purpose of the libel was to recover as balance of wages a so-called "war bonus" of 80% of the basic wage scale plus two pounds ten shillings per day while in belligerent areas. The court below, being of opinion that the "war bonus" did not constitute wages within the meaning of 46 U.S.C.A. § 597 and that the interests...

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