Petersen v. J. F. Cunningham Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Libel in personam by Joseph Petersen and others, seamen of the schooner Viking, against the J. F. Cunningham Company, to recover certain penalties provided for by section 4568, Eev. St., for the failure of the master to supply the libelants with certain articles of food, as per the agreement contained in the shipping articles; also to recover for failure of. master to serve lime juice, sugar, and vinegar as required by section 4569, Eev. St.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
This is a libel in personam against the owner of the schooner Viking, to recover certain penalties imposed by section 4568 of the Eevised Statutes, and recoverable as additional wages, for the failure on the part of the master to supply libelants with certain articles of food as per the agreement expressed in the shipping articles. The libelants are five out of a total complement of nine men, including the captain. They shipped at the port of San Francisco, on the schooner Viking, for a round trip to Fanning Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, thence to such other foreign…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- The MaryDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1838
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