Clark v. The St. Paul
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel by Henry Clark and others against the steamer St. Paul to recover seamen’s wages.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
On the 14th of December, 1895, the libelants were shipped by the master of the steamship St. Paul, as firemen for a voyage from New York to Southampton and back, at various rates of wages. Shpiping articles were signed by all. In accordance with. the provisions of the articles, the libelants, on the 18th of December, presented themselves at the dock where the ship lay, prepared to enter upon their work. A break, however, had occurred in the main steam pipe leading to the port engine of the steamship, rendering that engine useless, but not interfering with the working of…
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