Mahar v. Gartland S. S. Co.

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

1. Section 596, on which plaintiff’s claim is primarily based, reads as follows : “Time for payment; double wages recoverable. The master or owner of any vessel making coasting voyages shall pay to every seaman his wages within two days after the termination of the agreement under which he was shipped, or at the time such seaman is discharged, whichever first happens; and in case of vessels making foreign voyages, or from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, within twenty-four hours after the cargo has been discharged, or within four days after…