Beattie v. American Trading & Production Corp.

RYAN, Chief Judge.

This suit comes to us for decision on the agreed statement of facts set forth in the footnote.*

Plaintiffs, merchant seamen, seek a month’s penalty wages, under section *5974527 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 46 U.S.C.A. §.594, which provides:

“§ 594. Right to wages in case of improper discharge. Any seaman who has signed an agreement and is afterward discharged before the commencement of the voyage or before one month’s wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying such discharge, and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or…