In re Scott

ERVIN, District Judge.

In this case, the proof showed that the applicant is a master mariner, and the question is raised whether a master is such a seaman as is contemplated by section 2174, which reads as follows:

“Every seaman, being a foreigner, who declares his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States in any competent court, and shall have served three years on board of a merchant vessel of the United States subsequent to the date of such declaration, may, on his application to any competent court, and the production of his certificate of discharge and good conduct during that…