Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit October 7, 1901, No. 646 (Pettersson v. Empire Transp. Co.)

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, who were libelants in the court below, signed shipping articles on November i, 1898, before the United States shipping commissioner at San Fancisco, for a voyage on the steamship Pennsylvania, described in the articles as follows: “From the port of San Francisco, California, to Manila, P. I.