YANCEY v. UNITED STATES


77 F.Supp. 600 (1948)

YANCEY v. UNITED STATES et al. (two cases).

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 28, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Standard, of New York City (Louis R. Harolds and Abraham Weisberg, both of New York City, of counsel), for libelants.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City (William T. Ard, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Jersey City, N. J., of counsel), for respondents.


RYAN, District Judge.

The libelants, Myles Pendleton Yancey and James Douay Yancey, brothers, were employed by the North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Company on December 15, 1942, as merchant seamen to serve on the S. S. Israel Putnam. The vessel subsequently appeared to be owned, and is, in fact, owned by the United States of America and is operated by the North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Company as general agents.

At the time of the employment of these seamen...

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