KERRIGAN, District Judge.
This is an action against the respondent for the wages of a seaman. The action is based on section 596 of 46 USCA which provides for double pay on refusal of demand for earned wages without sufficient cause. The libelant was employed as an able seaman on the respondent's vessel the Lurline for the voyage from Hongkong to San Francisco too late to sign the shipping articles before the United States consul. The consul at Hongkong authorized...
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