Clayton v. Standard Oil Co.

KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a suit in personam by libellants against respondent to recover one-half of their wages as seamen on the Steamship “Beacon”, owned and operated by respondent, on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Galveston, Texas, which wages were withheld by respondent on the ground that libellants were deserters from the ship, in that they signed on for a coastwise voyage of six months and left the ship at Galveston, Texas, after the completion of the voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to that port.

The facts are substantially as follows:(a) On April 13, 1939, libellants…