Coffin v. Weld
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In February, 1870, the libellant [F. B. Coffin] was shipped at Boston on the ship Fearless, belonging to the respondents [W. F. Weld and others], for a voyage to Batavia and other ports in the East Indies, and back to the United States.
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In February, 1870, the libellant [F. B. Coffin] was shipped at Boston on the ship Fearless, belonging to the respondents [W. F. Weld and others], for a voyage to Batavia and other ports in the East Indies, and back to the United States. He was discharged at Batavia in May, and was sent thence to Singapore, where he took service on board another ship, at a less rate of wages, and arrived home in November, 1870. The Fearless reached this port in January, 1871. The libel-lant alleged that he was discharged by the consul at Batavia on account of ill-usage received from the master and mate. The…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The libellant and seven others of the crew of the Fearless were discharged at Batavia, with the consul’s consent. Neither the libel nor the answer states the facts correctly. The man was not discharged for ill-usage, as he alleges; nor is it exactly true that the master agreed to discharge the mate, and did discharge him, and that the men agreed to return to duty, as the answer puts it. The agreement appears to have been that the men would serve as far as Singapore, and be discharged there, for causes already existing; but the mate was not to go on that trip. The master…
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