Schermacher v. Yates

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This is an action on the part of the crew of the American bark Liberia against the owners of that vessel to recover a balance of wages, and the cost of a passage from Key West to New York, for each of the men. The crew signed articles at New York on the 26th of September, 1892, for a voyage described as follows:

“Prom the port of New York to Monrovia, Liberia, and such other ports and places in any part of the world as the master may direct, and hack to a final port of discharge in the United States, for a term not exceeding twelve calendar months.”

The vessel proceeded…