Except as otherwise provided by law, the wages of seamen are due when, and so far only as, freightage is earned, unless the loss of freightage is due to the fault of the owner or master.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 866
Mates and Seamen
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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