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District Court, D. Washington
In Admiralty. . Suit by an American seaman to recover wages for services on a British ship. The libelant was hired at Philadelphia, and signed shipping articles for a term of three years, and was paid one month’s advance wages, in violation of the twenty-fourth section of the act of congress of December 21, 1898 (2 Supp.
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In Admiralty. . Suit by an American seaman to recover wages for services on a British ship. The libelant was hired at Philadelphia, and signed shipping articles for a term of three years, and was paid one month’s advance wages, in violation of the twenty-fourth section of the act of congress of December 21, 1898 (2 Supp. Rev. St. U. S. p. 907; 30 Stat. 763). After proceeding in the ship from Philadelphia to Corea, and thence to'Tacoma, he left the vessel without being discharged, and sued for wages for the time which he had served. Findings and decree for the libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
The defense in this case rests upon a claim that the libelant became bound, by signing the shipping articles, to serve as second mate for a term .of three years, or until the arrival of the ship at a port of discharge on the east coast of the United States or in Europe, and that he forfeited his wages by desertion. The contract relied upon was executed at Philadelphia, and its validity must be judged by reference to the laws of this country, and not by the laws of the nation to which the ship belongs; and it must be pronounced void, for the reason that in making it the…
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