Hughes v. Alaska S. S. Co.

CUSHMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff alleges that he was articled as a mess boy on the steamship Skagaway, of which the defendant is the owner, and that his work was that of serving meals to the seamen and firemen and any work required in the steward’s department of the ship; that it was not customary to require mess boys to work cargo about the docks, holds, or wharves, such work being done by sailors in the deck department, or stevedores; that it was mutually understood that plaintiff’s work should be that of mess boy, except as to labor necessary for the safety of the ship and cargo, as…