MANIATIS v. THE ARCHIPELAGO

No. 7804.

159 F.Supp. 245 (1958)

Nicholas MANIATIS v. THE Steamship ARCHIPELAGO, her engines, boats, etc., in rem, and Penedo Cia. Nav. S.A. of Panama, a foreign corporation or association, as owners, operators and agents of said vessel, in personam.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 27, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Peter K. Babalas, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Seawell, Johnston, McCoy & Winston, John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va., for respondent.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant, a citizen of Greece, was employed by respondent in Greece on May 15, 1956, with instructions to proceed to Rotterdam where he signed on the steamship Archipelago on May 19, 1956, at a monthly wage of £34-00-00. The vessel flies the Liberian flag and the respondent owner is domiciled in Panama. Jurisdiction is invoked, in the main, by reason of the fact that libellant was...

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