NEWTON v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

No. 10056.

180 F.2d 491 (1950)

NEWTON et al. v. GULF OIL CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Filed February 23, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Robert W. Bikle, Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph Weiner, Philadelphia, Pa. (Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN, and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether the libelants may recover damages from libelee for a "discharge" under the terms of the federal statute, 46 U.S.C.A. § 594, which deals with "Right to wages in case of improper discharge."

The facts are simple and undisputed. These libelants and others signed shipping articles between May 1 and May 4, 1948, for a voyage on the S. S. Gulfmoon from New York to "one or more ports in Venezuela...

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