Brown v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Admiralty. Suit by J. Brown and others against the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLING, District Judge.
In January, 1921, libelants signed articles as seamen for a voyage on the Palo Alto from San Francisco to the Atlantic Coast, there to be paid off, with transportation to be furnished back to San Francisco and wages to the time of their return. They went into the service of the ship and served five days in' San Francisco harbor, preparing the ship for the contemplated voyage. Meanwhile they were paying for their own support on shore, as the *426ship was not in readiness to keep them on board. At the expiration of the five days they were discharged; the reason then assigned…
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