Case ID: f-cas_21/html/0149-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "WILKINS, District Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Case No. 12,216.
    SAGEMAN v. The BRANDYWINE.
    [Newb. 5.] 
    
    District Court, D. Michigan.
    1852.
    Seamen — Who ake — Female Cook — Wages.
    A female employed as cook on board of a vessel is a mariner, and is entitled to sue in the admiralty for her wages.
    In admiralty.
    J. S. Newberry, for libelant.
    Mr. Eldred, for respondent.
   WILKINS, District Judge.

This was a libel for seaman’s wages promoted by Emily Sageman, the cook of the vessel. To entitle one to sue as a mariner, the services rendered must pertain to the business of navigation, and be such as are necessary, or tend to preserve the vessel, or take care of those navigating the vessel. A cook on board of a vessel has been held to be a mariner. It matters not whether the cook is a male or female. The libel must be sustained. And it is referred to the clerk to ascertain the amount due to the libelant