BEATTIE v. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORP.


174 F.Supp. 596 (1959)

Howard BEATTIE, Walter Calicut, Clabon Churchwell, Harold Drumwright, Harold Erickson, Benjamin Fordham, Courther Herring, Herbert Hutchinson, Joseph Labezewski, Joseph McBride, Markham Rogers, Oseas Siamaral, Ellsworth M. Smith, John Troy, William Zielke, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORP., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Ostrin & DeVarco, New York City, for plaintiffs (Richard Gyory, New York City, of counsel).

Hammerman & Dolgin, New York City, for defendant (George J. Hammerman, New York City, of counsel).


RYAN, Chief Judge.

This suit comes to us for decision on the agreed statement of facts set forth in the footnote.*

Plaintiffs, merchant seamen, seek a month's penalty wages, under section 4527 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 46 U.S.C.A. § 594, which provides:

"§ 594. Right to wages in case of improper discharge. Any seaman who has signed an agreement...

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