Legal Opinion
The Leiderhorn
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 26, 1900No. 12,020PublishedCited by 4 opinions
This was a suit by a seaman to recover wages, and damages for wrongful discharge.
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
On the 13th of August, 1899, the libelant shipped as a boatswain on the baile Leiderhorn for a voyage from Hamburg, Germany, to San Francisco, Cal., and return to Europe by way of various ports. The voyage was for a term of three years, and the libelant was to be paid for his services at the rate of four pounds per month. The libel alleges that while said bark was lying at San Francisco, on the 9 th of January of the present year, the master, without any cause therefor, and against the will and consent of the libelant, "returned him on shore, and would not permit him…
2Cited by4 opinions
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