Legal Opinion
Shoemaker v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided August 15, 1857PublishedCited by 6 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of Natchitoches, Ghaplin, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSpojtord, J.
The plaintiff sued the defendants, owners of the steamer Belle Gates, for twenty-one hundred dollars, alleged to he the balance due him for his wages as pilot on the said steamer. He had judgment and the defendants have appealed.
The prescription of one year was pleaded and is applicable to the case, the wages of officers, &e., of vessels being governed by that prescription. O. O. 3499 §6.
The plaintiff has alleged and proved a contract for a certain time, to wit: for the season, beginning in January and ending on the 1st September, 1855, during which, the defendants agreed to employ him at a…
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