A certificate from the master or chief surviving officer of a vessel, to the effect that a seaman exerted himself to the utmost to save the vessel, cargo, and stores, is presumptive evidence of the fact.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 871
Mates and Seamen
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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