Domenico v. Alaska Packers' Ass'n

DE HAVEN, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam, brought by a large number of persons to recover each the sum of $50, balance due for wages as fishermen and seamen, upon a contract alleged to have been entered into between them and the defendant corporation on May 22, 1900, at Pyramid Harbor, Alaska. The answer of the defendant sets forth three defenses: First, the defendant avers that the contract referred to in the libel is without consideration; secondly, denies that it executed such contract; and, for a third 'defense, it is alleged that the labor performed by the libelants was done…