HUMES v. ALASKA TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 12038

180 F.2d 534 (1950)

HUMES v. ALASKA TRANSPORTATION CO.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

February 17, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bassett & Geisness, J. Duane Vance, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Pendleton Miller, Albert E. Stephan, Grosscup, Ambler & Stephan, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leavenwoth Colby, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Ruth Kearney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and HEALY and ORR, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the district court awarding appellant $153.86 and the United States $200 of $353.86 deposited in the court's registry by the Deputy United States Shipping Commissioner upon receipt of that amount from the Alaska Transportation Company.

Humes was a seaman employed on the Alaska Transportation Company's steamer Clove Hitch on a voyage between Skagway, Alaska, and Mexican ports. Finding that Humes left the...

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