Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Pacific-Atlantic S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1948No. 11916PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant herein was first Assistant Engineer of the SS Jefferson Meyers, and brought this suit in the Oregon district court, sitting in admiralty, to recover wages claimed due him for the balance of a sea voyage after he was allegedly forced to quit the ship because of fear induced by the ship’s Master’s threat upon his life. The trial court dismissed the case, finding that the difficulties rose to no higher dignity than that of a “school-yard quarrel.”
The Master and appellant were friends and drinking companions at the outset of the voyage on January 7, 1946, and…
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- Irvine v. the HesperSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- Portland Tug & Barge Co. v. Upper Columbia River Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
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