Union Fish Co. v. Erickson

Citations

• 248 U.S. 308
• 39 S. Ct. 112
• 63 L. Ed. 261
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2313
• 2001 A.M.C. 2405

Syllabus

<p>By a contract made orally in California, respondent was engaged to go to Alaska and there for one year to serve as master of petitioner’s véssél, mainly upon the sea. The respondent libeled the vessel in 7the District Court in California for breach of the contract. Held, that the,contract was maritime, and that the California statute of frauds' Requiring a writing for agreements not to be performed within a year was therefore inapplicable in defense. P. 312.</p>