Peterson v. The American Schooner Robert Lewers

Citations

• 3 D. Haw. 274

Syllabus

<p>Admiralty — Subordinate officer — Disrating—Displacing: A subordinate officer of a ship, if unfit for his position through incompetence or negligence, may be displaced by the master but not disrated.</p> <p>Same — Same—Same—Damages: A second mate was disrated to the position of a common seaman and sent to the forecastle. Held, this to be an aggravation of damages if there was insufficient ground for displacing him.</p>