Waitshoair v. The Craigend

The libelants, fifteen in number, set forth and show in their libel that they severally signed shipping articles by which they agreed to servo, some as able seamen, and the others as ordinary seamen, in tho British ship Craigend, for a period not to exceed two years, and during that period to make one or more voyages within specified limits, the service to end at any port or place in tho United Kingdom or the continent of Europe, at the master’s option, for which they were to receive wages at a fixed rate per month. This is an entire contract, and I consider it to be valid, notwithstanding…