McCall v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

(after stating the facts as above). The libelant bases his right to recovery upon section 4525, R. S. (Comp. St. § 831(5), and the shipping articles executed by respondent Lorentzen pursuant to section 4612, R. S. (Comp. St. § 8392). These sections are pari materia. The right to recover is against the master. Section 4525, supra. The form of agreement designates the present master, or whoever shall go for master, or whoever shall lawfully succeed him. Section 4612, supra. Under these sections, which must be construed *991together, the right to recover must be for wages earned at a time when the…