Petterson v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by Robert Petterson and others against the United States. Libel by eight seamen against the United States, as owner of the steamship Bushong, for double pay from May 10 to July 3, 1920. The libelants “signed on” on November 11,1919, for a voyage from New York to Alexandria, Egypt, and return, north of Hatteras, “for a term of time not exceeding six calendar months.”
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In Admiralty. Libel by Robert Petterson and others against the United States. Libel by eight seamen against the United States, as owner of the steamship Bushong, for double pay from May 10 to July 3, 1920. The libelants “signed on” on November 11,1919, for a voyage from New York to Alexandria, Egypt, and return, north of Hatteras, “for a term of time not exceeding six calendar months.” The ship discharged her cargo at Alexandria, and on her return reached Gibralter on March 31, 1920. The master was out of funds and could no longer disburse the ship, and apparently for that reason lay in the…
1Opinion of the CourtLearned Hand, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Section 4529 of the Revised Statutes, on which the libelants rely, so far as relevant, provides as follows:
“The master or owner of any vessel making coasting voyages shall pay to every seaman his wages within two days after the termination of the agreement under which he was shipped, or at the time such seaman is discharged, whichever first happens; and in case of vessels making foreign voyages, or from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, within twenty-four hours after the cargo has been discharged, or within four days after the…
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