Sandberg v. McDonald
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion. It was the broad purpose of Congress to grant to the seaman personal liberty and to prohibit as to all vessels that came within our jurisdiction the evil of paying the seaman his wages in .advance and thereby to'promote the welfare of the American merchant marine and the American seaman by an equalization of wages.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion. It was the broad purpose of Congress to grant to the seaman personal liberty and to prohibit as to all vessels that came within our jurisdiction the evil of paying the seaman his wages in .advance and thereby to'promote the welfare of the American merchant marine and the American seaman by an equalization of wages. The language of the act is broad enough to cover such an advance, and even if this were not the case the payment of such ah advance ought not to be upheld by an American court, when…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case brings before us for consideration certain features of the so-called “Seaman’s Act.” (38 Stvat. 1164.) The act is entitled: “An Act To promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of *191the United'States; to. abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty, for desertion and to secure the1 abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea.’! It contains numerous provisions inténded to secure better treatment of seamen, and to secure for them better conditions of service. •
The libel charges a demand in Mobile, Alabama, for one-half part of…
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