Tonseth v. Serwold

Five members of a fishing crew] joining as plaintiffs, commenced this action against the operating owners of a fishing vessel to recover the balances of certain amounts alleged to be owing to the plaintiffs respectively as their shares of the net proceeds of a season’s catch of tima fish. The cause was tried to the court without a jury and resulted in a judgment dismissing the complaint with prejudice. The plaintiffs appealed.

At all times involved in this action, appellants, Paul H. Tonseth, Steen Alsos, Knut Skogen, Victor D. Neilsen, and Oscar Henslean, were fishermen and members of the…