Boutin v. Sword Line, Inc.

Arthur J. Barton and Donald Boutin have brought individual actions against Sword Line, Inc., which actions were consolidated and tried before me simultaneously. The plaintiffs each sue for $100 for transportation, wages and subsistence due. Plaintiffs proved that they were employees aboard the vessel Texas Sword and that on February 8, 1954, they were discharged. The defendant offered in evidence a determination of the New York State Department of Labor, Division of Employment, that one plaintiff, Arthur J. Barton, was not entitled to unemployment insurance because he had been discharged for…