Collins v. The Carmen
District Court, D. Alaska
This is a libel against the gas power boat Carmen for wages alleged to be due to L. J. Collins and Leslie McClellan. Collins purports to sue “for himself and in behalf of Leslie McClellan.”
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This is a libel against the gas power boat Carmen for wages alleged to be due to L. J. Collins and Leslie McClellan. Collins purports to sue “for himself and in behalf of Leslie McClellan.” The libel alleges that the Union Bay Fisheries Company is the owner of the Carmen, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and that Collins did, at the behest and special instance of said “Union Bay Fisheries Company and-N. M. Tate, superintendent, hire aboard said vessel as operator and mariner, and did serve as such operator and mariner aboard said gas power boat from September 27, 1920, to January 8, 1921,…
1Opinion of the Court
JENNINGS, District Judge.
Taking up these points seriatim, it is to be observed:
It appears from the official documents of the respondent vessel, the Carmen, which were exhibited to the court, that she is a registered vessel of 35.91 gross tonnage; 28 net tonnage; length, 49.4; breadth, 16.1; depth, 7.3; and that said documents call for a crew of four men. The deputy collector of customs at Ketchikan testified that under the customs laws a vessel of this character cannot operate without a master, who must take the required oath and be indorsed upon the certificate of registry as master. On…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Chandler v. The Willamette ValleyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1896
- The NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1895
- The DubuqueDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1870