The Rhine
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. _ Two suits — one by Paul Neilsen and others against the Rhine, the other by John Hardy and others against the Windrush.
1Opinion of the Court
VEEDER, District Judge.
In the first case Paul Neilsen and nine other seamen sue for the recovery of wages claimed to be due them from the bark Rhine. It appears that they shipped on the American
*834bark Rhine at Buenos Aires, October 7, 1916, for a voyage to New York, at the rate of $25 per month. It is stipulated that the shipping of seamen on sailing vessels at Buenos Aires is controlled by certain shipping masters, to one of whom the libelants, in accordance with the usual custom and as a means of securing employment, signed a receipt or advance note for one month’s wages. These advance notes…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Patterson v. Bark EudoraSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The State of MaineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1884
- The ImberhorneDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
- The BelgierDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917
- The TalusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
- The DelagoaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1917