District Court, S.D. New York April 7, 1880 (Heynsohn v. Merriman)

Choate, J.

This is a suit for wages. The libellant shipped, as able seaman, on the bark John Zittlosen, of which defendant was master, at New York, January 3, 1875, on a voyage to Queenstown, and thence to certain other ports, and back to a port of discharge in the United States — the voyage not to exceed 14 months, at $20 a month wages.