PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a decree for the vessel in a suit by a seaman to recover wages and waiting time under 46 U.S. C.A. § 596. Appellant was discharged on August 3, 1947. He claims that $300 in earned wages was due him at that time. Libel was filed on March 24, 1955, more than seven years later, claiming waiting time in the sum of $30,545. No reason was alleged for the delay in instituting suit; and we think that the District Judge properly held...
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