Hand's Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 278, Jan. T., 1919, by Board of Commissioners of Navigation, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1917, No. 1066, setting aside decision of Board of Commissioners of Navigation, suspending Howard S. Hand, from acting as a pilot in the case of In re Howard S. Hand, a pilot. Appeal from order of Board of Commissioners of Navigation.
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Appeal, No. 278, Jan. T., 1919, by Board of Commissioners of Navigation, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1917, No. 1066, setting aside decision of Board of Commissioners of Navigation, suspending Howard S. Hand, from acting as a pilot in the case of In re Howard S. Hand, a pilot. Appeal from order of Board of Commissioners of Navigation. Before Rogers, J. The Board of Commissioners of Navigation suspended Howard S. Hand from acting as a pilot until he should return to the agents for the Norwegian bark, “Skansen I,” the sum of $110, being the amount of pilotage charges…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The Norwegian bark Skansen I, being about to leave the port of Philadelphia, applied for a licensed pilot. In response thereto Howard S. Hand, the appellee, was sent, but when he and the master reached the vessel, the mate in charge thereof reported that ten of the crew had deserted, leaving it insufficiently manned for its voyage. Appellee then stated the bark could do one of two things, retain him, upon paying $3 a day, or dismiss him upon paying the full pilotage of $110. The agent elected to pay the $3 a day, and for fourteen days the pilot reported to the…
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