Legal Opinion
Trent v. Gulf Pacific Lines
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 31, 1930No. 1392PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, District Judge.
This is a libel under section 594 U. S. Code Title 46 (46 USCA § 594) for one month’s wages as compensation for wrongful discharge and under section 596 for double wages as penalty for failure to pay wages at the time of the discharge.
The substantial facts on which the case turns are without dispute. Libelant signed articles as cook on board the steamship Point Reyes at San Francisco. During the voyage a controversy arose between him and the chief engineer as to the temperature of the chillbox, the engineer blaming him for too frequent entry into it, and he blaming…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Steel TraderSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- The SuperiorDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1885
- Richards v. The TopgallantDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1898
- The IdlehourDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1894
3Cited by8 opinions
- Mavromatis v. United Greek Shipowners CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- Forster v. Oro Navigation CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Prindes v. African PilgrimCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Prindes v. S.S. African PilgrimCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Mavromatis v. United Greek Ship Owners Corp.District Court, D. Maine · 1947
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