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The Howick Hall

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided May 30, 1925No. 16785PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFoster, Circuit Judge

(sitting as District Judge). This is a libel by a number of seamen for wages. The facts .are undisputed. The libelants shipped on the steamship Howiek Hall at New Orleans, and signed articles April 19, 1921, for a voyage to Yokohama, Japan, and back to a port in the United States. The rate of wages stipulated in the articles was $100 per month for one of them, $95 for another, and $85 for the' others. Attached to and made part of the shipping articles was a clause in these words:

“In the event of there being any change in the working rules and wages,-same shall be retroactive and apply to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States Asphalt Refining Co. v. Trinidad Lake Petroleum Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1915
  2. Graves v. The W. F. BabcockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
  3. Jones v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1922

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. American Sugar Refining Co. v. the AnacondaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
  2. The Steel TraderDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1925

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