¶1This was a libel [by Benjamin Hitchen and others against William Wilson & Sons] for wages. The vessel had been captured and condemned. Pending the appeal she was restored to the underwriters, to whom she had been abandoned upon a compro--mise. The defendants were willing to pay the seamen’s wages, after deducting the expense of recovering the property. But the district- court decreed full wages; and the sentence was affirmed in this court.
12 F. Cas. 247
Hitchen v. Wilson
U.S. District Court
Decided May 15, 1812
U.S. District Court · decided 1812-05-15
<p>Case No. 6,541.</p> <p>Seamen’s Wageb.</p> <p>Where a vessel had been captured and condemned, and pending an appeal was restored, held, that the seamen were entitled to full wages.</p>
Decided 1812-05-15