The Edward R. West
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit by Fred Benson, Harry W. Morse, Edward Jones, Wallace Stanners, and Charles Peterson against the schooner Edward R. West; the Slade Shipping Company, claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
[1] Libelants complain that, while seamen on the schooner Edward R. West, an American vessel, for'the entire voyage of 63 days from Callao, Peru, to Grays Harbor, they were not furnished food of the proper quality or quantity, as provided in section 4612 (Federal Stat. Ann. vql. 6, p. 930 et seq. [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3120]), though they demanded of the master the regular schedule of provisions; that the allowance was reduced by more than one-third; and that proper substitutes were not furnished. Suit is brought under section 4568, R. S. (Fed. Stat. Ann. vol. 6, p.…
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- Petersen v. J. F. Cunningham Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1896
- Anderson v. The RenceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1890
- The Elizabeth v. RickersU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1831
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- The Silver ShellDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1918