¶1decided that he was entitled to the rate of wages claimed, up to the time of his discharge at Liverpool, but decreed that his claim for three months’ extra wages after his discharge could not be sustained, as the brig was seaworthy when she sailed on her voyage., and the discharge of the libellant at Liverpool having been occasioned by the injury done to the brig by tempestuous weather; therefore the respondents were not bound to pay the three months’ extra wages.
21 F. Cas. 15
The Rupee
Decided July 1, 1839
Massachusetts District Court · decided 1839-07-01
[This was a libel in rent for seamen’s wages.] The mate of the brig Rupee libelled the vessel for wages, at the rate of twenty-five dollars a month, for several months beyond the time specified in his first article, in which that sum was stipulated, no stated wages having been stipulated in the two subsequent articles under which he served.
Decided 1839-07-01