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Raftery v. The T. F. Oakes

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon

Decided October 18, 1888PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Admiralty. Libel lor wages.

1Opinion of the CourtDeady, J.

This suit is brought by the libelants, John Battery and Jorgen Olsen, against the ship T. F. Oakes, to recover the sum of $150.65 each, alleged to be due them as wages for services, as seamen thereon.

It is alleged in the libel that on May 25, 1888, the libelants shipped on the Oakes, then lying -at the port of San Francisco, for a voyage from there to .Nanaimo, B. C., thence to Acapulco, and thence to a port of discharge on the west coast of the United States, the voyage not to exceed six months; that on said day the libelants agreed with the master of the Oakes, Edward W. Heed, to serve as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Campbell v. The Uncle SamU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1856

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Mavromatis v. United Greek Shipowners CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
  2. George Grivas, Libelants-Appellants v. Alianza Compania Armadora, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  3. Uriarte v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1926
  4. Hansen v. Donna Lane Motor Ship Corp.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
  5. Weeks v. Matson Nav. Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1939

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