VITCO v. JONCICH

No. 16187.

130 F.Supp. 945 (1955)

Anthony VITCO, Libelant, v. Marion JONCICH, Joseph C. Mardesich, Antonia Dogdanovich, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

April 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margolis, McTernan & Branton, Los Angeles, Cal., for libelant.

Robert Sikes, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondents.


MATHES, District Judge.

The admiralty jurisdiction of this court is here invoked by a libel in personam filed by a tuna fisherman, without prepayment of fees or costs and without security therefor, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1916, to recover maintenance and cure and wages to the end of the period of his employment. Adm.Rule 13, 28 U.S. C.A.; Sheppard v. Taylor, 1831, 5 Pet. 675, 711, 30 U.S. 675, 711, 8 L.Ed. 269.

The facts, as disclosed...

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