Pettersson v. Empire Transp. Co.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, who were libelants in the court below, signed shipping articles on November i, 1898, before the United States shipping commissioner at San Fancisco, for a voyage on the steamship Pennsylvania, described in the articles as follows: “From the port of San Francisco, California, to Manila, P. I.; thence to such other ports and places in any part of the world as the master may direct, and return to a port of discharge on the Pacific Coast of the United States; voyage not to exceed six calendar months,”— seven of the libelants as seamen at the wages of $30 a month…