Arentz v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co.

This action is brought for the breach of an alleged contract of employment. The defendant is engaged in a general dry dock and ship repairing business with its shipyard at Fifty-sixth street, Brooklyn, N. Y. The plaintiff, prior to the month of January, 1920, was a sea captain by profession, holding an unlimited Norwegian master’s license for sail and steam vessels. Having given up the sea during the war, the plaintiff came to reside with his wife in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, where he was engaged in farming. A relative in Philadelphia, having called his attention to an…