Blackton v. Gordon - 303 U.S. 91 (1938)

U.S. Supreme Court

Blackton v. Gordon, 303 U.S. 91 (1938)

Blackton v. Gordon

No. 167

Argued January 5, 1938

Decided January 31, 1938

303 U.S. 91

Syllabus

Section 12 of the Act of March 4, 1915, 46 U.S.C. § 601, exempting wages of seamen from attachment, held inapplicable to the wages of a master of a vessel. P. 303 U. S. 92.

118 N.J.L. 159, 191 Atl. 761, affirmed.

Certiorari, 302 U.S. 667, to review a judgment affirming a judgment against the petitioner, 117 N.J.L. 40, 186 Atl. 689, in a suit to enforce against him a statutory liability based on his refusal to honor a writ of attachment.