The George B. Ferguson

Citations

• 140 F. 955
• 1905 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123

Syllabus

<p>1. Seamen — Penalty for Wrongful Discharge — Shipping Commissioners’ Act.</p> <p>Rev. St. § 4527 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3077], providing that seamen unjustly discharged before a month’s service shall be entitled to recover a month’s wages in addition to the wages earned, does not apply to seamen in the coastwise trade not signed before a shipping commissioner.</p> <p>2. Same — Wages—Settlement.</p> <p>Where seamen, after their discharge, through their attorney made a settlement of their wages with the master, agreeing upon the time when their service ended, they are bound thereby, and cannot thereafter maintain an action to recover additional wages.</p>