Pierce v. Patton
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
This was a claim by ['William Pierce] the libellant for wages, amounting to seventy-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents, earned, as he alleged, during a voyage in the brig Enterprise [James Patton, owner], from Philadelphia to St. Jago and back.
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This was a claim by ['William Pierce] the libellant for wages, amounting to seventy-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents, earned, as he alleged, during a voyage in the brig Enterprise [James Patton, owner], from Philadelphia to St. Jago and back. It appeared that on the outward voyage the vessel touched at Wilmington, in North Carolina, where the libellant was detained a few days in gaol, under the provisions of the act of 20th July, 1790. It also appeared, that by the indulgence of his own vices and gross negligence, in opposition to repeated warnings, he became so ill, that while at St.…
1Opinion of the Court
HOPKINSON, District Judge.
The payment of the wages, in this case, is resisted on two grounds. 1. An alleged desertion of the libellant, by leaving the ship before she was discharged, and her cargo delivered. *6372. A set off or credit is claimed by .tí¿é respondent, for moneys paid for the libellant, for medical attendance upon and nursing him during a sickness at St. Jago, exceeding, with some other charges, the amount of his wages.
There is a charge of two dollars and sixty-nine cents, of which no exact proof is given, but the mate of the brig, the only witness examined, says that the captain…
2Cited by1 opinion
- The AlectorDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1920