Legal Opinion
Sumner
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 4, 1905No. 1,717PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit for wages.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
Libel for wages. The libelant shipped as mate on the schooner for a voyage from Boston to Apalachicola and back to Boston at $45 per month, and has made the voyage agreed on. The answer filed by the master denies that he was competent to perform the duties expected of a mate, and alleges that he was negligent, inefficient, and disobedient. A tender of the amount which would be due him at $40 per month, instead of $45, is relied on in the answer as amended, and the amount tendered is claimed to be all that his services were justly and reasonably worth. The alleged tender…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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