Breedi v. American Schooner Mukilteo

HamiltoN, Judge,

delivered the following opinion:

This is a petition filed under Revised Statutes, § 4546, Comp. Stat. 1916, § 8335, by which an alien serving as a sailor on an American vessel seeks to have the master of the Mukilteo show cause why process should not issue against the vessel for wages claimed to be withheld from the seaman. It was stated upon the argument that the two other seamen stand in the same category, and will act in accordance with the decision herein.

1. The first question which arises is whether the petitioner must file the usual stipulation for costs. It is argued…