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CHAMBERS v. MOORE McCORMACK LINES

No. 10074.

182 F.2d 747 (1950)

CHAMBERS v. MOORE McCORMACK LINES, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Filed June 12, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Alper, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Robert W. Bikle, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

BIGGS, Chief Judge.

This case is a libel in admiralty by Lyle T. Chambers, an American seaman, for double wages on account of alleged wrongful withholding of wages by his employers, Moore McCormack Lines, Inc. (Moore McCormack). Chambers bases his claim upon that statute which provides that a master or owner who refuses or neglects to pay a seaman his earned wages within a specific period "without sufficient cause" shall pay the seaman two days pay for every day of...

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