The Becherdass Ambaidass
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In admiralty. Libel by the crew of the British ship Becherdass Ambaidass, alleging that they shipped at Liverpool in November, 1869, for a voyage to the-East Indies, and thence to Boston; that the ship arrived in safety at this port in February, 1871, where the libellants’ services terminated, and they became entitled to their wages as fully stated in their schedule.
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In admiralty. Libel by the crew of the British ship Becherdass Ambaidass, alleging that they shipped at Liverpool in November, 1869, for a voyage to the-East Indies, and thence to Boston; that the ship arrived in safety at this port in February, 1871, where the libellants’ services terminated, and they became entitled to their wages as fully stated in their schedule. H. B. M. acting consul at Boston protested against the court taking jurisdiction of this cause, for the reasons that the libellants signed shipping articles in a usual form approved and used in the government shipping offices,…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The law is well settled in England and America, that courts of admiralty have jurisdiction of suits by foreign seamen for their wages against a foreign ship, or her master or owners who are found within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of the court. As early as 1795, Judge Peters thus stated his practice: “I have avoided taking cognizance, as much as possible, of disputes in which foreign ships and seamen are concerned. I have in general left them to settle their differences before their own tribunals. On several occasions I have seen it a part of the contract…
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