HUTCHESON, District Judge.
This is a libel under section 594 U. S. Code Title 46 (46 USCA § 594) for one month's wages as compensation for wrongful discharge and under section 596 for double wages as penalty for failure to pay wages at the time of the discharge.
The substantial facts on which the case turns are without dispute. Libelant signed articles as cook on board the steamship Point Reyes at San Francisco. During the voyage a controversy arose between...
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