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PATTERSON v. BARK EUDORA

No. 278.

190 U.S. 169 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 821

47 L.Ed. 1002

PATTERSON v. BARK EUDORA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Hill Brinton for appellants.

Mr. Horace L. Cheyney for appellee. Mr. John F. Lewis was on the brief.

On motion of Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt a brief on which was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Beck was filed on behalf of the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

Applying the ordinary rules of construction, it does not seem to us doubtful that the act of Congress, if within its power, is applicable in this case. The act makes it unlawful to pay any seaman wages in advance, makes such payment a misdemeanor, and in terms provides that such payment shall not absolve the vessel or its master or owner for full payment of wages after the...

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