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SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 5688.

167 F.2d 550 (1948)

SMITH v. UNITED STATES et al. THE ROBERT JORDAN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

April 1, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, of Philadelphia, Pa., and R. Arthur Jett, of Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va. (L. T. Seawell, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree disallowing a claim of a seamen for maintenance, cure and wages. Libellant entered the service of the Steamship "Robert Jordan" on February 8, 1944. On February 16th he signed the statutory shipping articles for a foreign voyage and thereafter worked and slept aboard the vessel until he was granted shore leave on February 19th. After going ashore, he first went to his home, where to took a bath and...

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