Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 10, 1927No. Nos. 19241, 19273PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERRIGAN, District Judge.
These are libels filed by a group of seamen for wages alleged to be due. These men were all members of the crew of steamship West Carmona. On December 24, 1926, this vessel was at Davao, P. I. She sailed from that port shortly after midnight, December 25, 1926, leaving libelants and several others, 12 in all, behind.
The evidence shows that these men knew that the ship was due to sail at midnight. It also shows that they conceived the idea that, since they constituted in excess of one-third of the crew, if they all remained ashore, the master would not sail without…
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