Source: http://openjurist.org/293/us/155
Timestamp: 2014-07-31 22:39:34
Document Index: 406276775

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4530', '§ 597', '§ 597', '§ 564', '§ 564', '§ 4511', '§ 837', '§ 837', '§ 2174', '§ 388']

293 U.S. 155 - Warner v. Goltra	Home293 us 155 warner v. goltra
There are contexts in which the word seaman is held to exclude the master or even any officer. See, e.g., R.S. § 4530, as amended by section 31 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 U.S.C. § 597 (46 USCA § 597)); also 46 U.S.C. §§ 564, 568, 570, 592, 594, 658 (46 USCA § 564, 568, 570, 592, 594, 658) re-enacting R.S. §§ 4511, 4515, 4517, 4525, 4527 4561, as from time to time amended. There are other contexts in which it takes them in. 28 U.S.C. § 837 (28 USCA § 837); also R.S. § 2174 (8 USCA § 388 note); In re Scott (D.C.) 250 F. 647, 648; The Balsa (C.C.A.) 10 F.(2d) 408; The Burns Bros., No. 31 (D.C.) 29 F.(2d) 855. The respondent points to statutes that develop the antithesis between a seaman and those over him. See citations, supra. They do not carry us very far, any more than the contrast that exists for many purposes between a seaman and a stevedore. In a broad sense, a seaman is a mariner of any degree, one who lives his life upon the sea. It is enought that what he does affects 'the operation and welfare of the ship when she is upon a voyage.' The Buena Ventura (D.C.) 243 F. 797, 799, where a wireless operator was brought within the term. In a narrow sense the term is limited to one who is an ordinary seaman and nothing more, a seaman as opposed to the master or an officer. One can find a like range of variation in the use of the word 'crew.' 'It is sometimes used to comprehend all persons composing the ship's company, including the master; sometimes to comprehend the officers and common seamen, excluding the master; and sometimes to comprehend the common seamen only, excluding the master and officers.' United States v. Winn, 3 Sumn. 209, 213, 214, Fed. Cas. No. 16,740 (Story, J.); cf. The Buena Ventura, supra, 243