O'Hara v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.

Petitioners, libellants below, quit the service' of the steamship company and sought to' recover their earned wages on the ground of a violation of § 2 of the Seamen’s Act of March 4, 1015, c. 153, 38 Stat. 1164, copied in the margin. 1 Omitting the various provisions with which we are not here concerned, the pertinent requirement of that section is that “ the sailors shall, while at sea, be divided into at least two, and the firemen, oilers, and water tenders into at least three watches, which shall be kept on duty successively for the performance of ordinary work incident to the sailing and…