VENIDES v. UNITED GREEK SHIPOWNERS CORPORATION

No. 273, Docket 20982.

168 F.2d 681 (1948)

VENIDES v. UNITED GREEK SHIPOWNERS CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 21, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arkin, Lebovici & Kottler, of New York City (Joseph Kottler, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Reid, Cunningham & Freehill, of New York City (Frederick H. Cunningham, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiff is a Greek merchant seaman who served aboard the Greek-flag vessel, Hellas, as an employee of the defendant, United Greek Shipowners Corporation, a Delaware Corporation. His rate of pay was £28 per month, at the exchange rate of $4.02 per pound or $112.56 per month.

Plaintiff sued, pursuant to 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 596 and 597,1 for "double pay" for the withholding of portions of his wages, in the amount of $25 at...

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