Montoya v. Tide Water Associated Oil Co.

BONDY, District Judge.

Plaintiff was employed as a messman on the defendant’s vessel “William F. Humphrey”, which on March 4, 1942 started on a voyage from New York to ports in the Western Hemisphere. The shipping articles which plaintiff signed contained a rider attached to the front page, stating that there shall be applicable Maritime War Emergency Board Decisions No. 1, dated December 22, 1941; No. 2 with attachments 1, 2 and 3, dated January 10, 1942; No-. 3, dated January 20, 1942; No. 4, dated January 22, 1942; No. 5, revised February 21, 1942; No. 6, dated February 24, 1942. The vessel…