The Alice Blanchard
District Court, N.D. California
This was a libel by J. Downs against the steamer Alice Blanchard to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract of employment as cook.
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
The libelant signed articles to serve as a cook on the steamer Alice Blanchard, hound on a voyage from Han Francisco to Clipperton Island, off the coast of Mexico, and thence to Ban Diego, Cal., and on two other voyages between Ban Diego and Clipperton Island, and upon their completion to return to the port of Ban Francisco. The articles provided that he was to present himself on board of the steamer, for service, on June 29, 1898, but at what hour was not stated. The oral evidence tends to show that after the articles were signed he was told by the captain to be on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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