Foster v. United States
Foster v. United States
Opinion of the Court
In both of the above cases defendants have filed motions to compel the plaintiff to furnish security for costs. The suits are by the administrators of deceased seamen to recover under the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 USCA §§ 741-752), instituted for the alleged negligent death of their husbands.
Plaintiffs contend that as the personal representatives or administrators of the deceased seamen, they are entitled to the benefits of section 837, title 28, of the United States Code (28 USCA § 837), which provides :
“Suits by seamen without prepayment of or bond for costs. Courts of the United States, including appellate courts, hereafter shall be open to seamen, without furnishing bonds or prepayment of or making deposit to secure fees or costs, for the purpose of entering and prosecuting suit or suits in their own name and for their own benefit for wages or salvage and to enforce laws made for their health and safety.”
It will be noted that this section accords to seamen the right to prosecute, without previous payment or giving security for costs, all “suits in their own name and for their own benefit for wages or salvage and to enforce laws made for their health and safe
Reference
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- FOSTER v. UNITED STATES WATTS v. SAME
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- Published