Legal Opinion
The Sea Lark
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided June 18, 1926No. 9324PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
“ * * * Every person * * * who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the same [vessel] shall be deemed and taken to be a seaman. * '“ * ” Section 8392, Comp. St. This court, in Hoof v. Pac. Am. Fisheries Co., 284 F. 174, at page 176, affirmed (C. C. A.) 291 F. 306, said:
“ ‘Seaman’ no doubt once meant a person ‘who can hand, reef, and steep — a mariner in the full sense of the word. As conditions changed, and necessities of changes increased, ‘seaman’ received an enlarged meaning. The cook and surgeon, and employees other than able seamen, were…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. CarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Fitch v. NewberryMichigan Supreme Court · 1843
- The J. S. WardenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1910
- Pacific American Fisheries v. HoofCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
- Tebo v. Mayor of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1894
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Anna Mahramas v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., and House of Albert, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Jeffrey v. Henderson Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Douglas A. Bullis v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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