Neilson v. Rhine Shipping Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The cases are stated in the opinion. A contract cannot be. given legal effect in a court of the United States which is contrary todhe declared public policy, of the United States; and this rule is not .affected by the fact that the objectionable parts of the contracts ■ have been éxecuted and that those remaining are innocuous. Hope v. Hope, 8 DeG.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The cases are stated in the opinion. A contract cannot be. given legal effect in a court of the United States which is contrary todhe declared public policy, of the United States; and this rule is not .affected by the fact that the objectionable parts of the contracts ■ have been éxecuted and that those remaining are innocuous. Hope v. Hope, 8 DeG. M. & G. 731; The Kensing-ton, 183 U. S/263. The policy of a State is evidenced by its constitution • and laws. It is also obvious that no State.will give effect to the laws of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
These cases were considered together in the courts below and may be disposed of in like manner here.
The facts axe:
In the first case Paul Neilson and nine other seamen sue for the recovery of wages claimed to be due them from the bark “Rhine;” It appears that they shipped on the American bark “Rhine” at Buenos Ayres, October 7, 1916, for a voyage to New York, at the rate of $25 per month. -It is stipulated that the shipping of seamen on sailing vessels, at Buenos Ayres is controlled by certain shipping masters, to one of whom the libelants, in ac*212cordance with the usual custom and as a means of…
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