Flanagan v. United States & Brazil Mail S. S. Co.

It is not possible for the libelant to recover. The provisions of the Revised Statutes control. By the stranding of the steamer Reliance the voyage was broken up. The case is one where the services of the seamen terminated by reason of wreck, and, by section 4526, the seamen were entitled to wages for the term of services prior to such termination, but not for any further period. Their -wages, calculated up to that time, were tendered them in the equivalent of gold, and, upon their refusing to take the money, it was properly paid to the consul. In case of a wreck by stranding, it must be left…