Patterson v. Bark Eudora Patterson v. Bark Eudora

Patterson v. Bark Eudora

23 S. CT. 821, 190 U.S. 169, 47 L. ED. 1002, 1903.SCT.40274

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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 same shall have been actually earned. And further, it declares that the section making these provisions shall apply as well to foreign vessels as to vessels of the United States, provided that treaties in force between the United States and foreign nations do not conflict. It is true that the title of the act of 1898 is "An act to amend the laws relating to American seamen," but it has been held that the title is no part of a statute, and cannot be used to set at naught its obvious meaning. The extent to which it can be used is thus stated by Chief Justice Marshall in United States v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358, 386:

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Profissional e técnico
LANÇADO
1903
1 de junho
IDIOMA
EN
Inglês
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12
EDITORA
LawApp Publishers
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60,3
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