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11 F. Cas. 587

The Harriet

Massachusetts District Court

Decided October 15, 1842

Massachusetts District Court · decided 1842-10-15

This was a libel for wages promoted by the chief mate of the schooner Harriet. It appeared that the libellant was discharged from the vessel on the 7th of September, at which time the master gave him his note, not negotiable. for the amount of the wages due, and took his receipt in full. On the next day the libellant applied to an attorney and sued out a writ against the master, upon the note, and caused him to be arrested.

Decided 1842-10-15

SPRAGUE, District Judge,

¶1held that the -note was not payment. It was not a promissory note, in the sense of the law, and was not prima facie evidence of payment, even by the local law of Massachusetts. The mariner-received no value for his release. The fact of his suing the master was no waiver of his right to proceed against the vessel. The master, before this transaction, was liable for the wages; and until satisfaction and payment, *588the mariner might pursue any or all of his remedies at the same time. Decree for wages and costs.

¶2Curt. Merch. Seam. 319; 3 Kent, Comm. 256c; Abb. Shipp. 662, 603, and note; The Betsey and Rhoda [Case No. 1.366]: 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 447, note; 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 581, note.

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