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Harbors and Navigation Code § 869

CHAPTER 3. Mates and Seamen

Current as of September 28, 2026Harb. & Nav. Code, § 869Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

When a mate or seaman is wrongfully discharged, or is driven to leave the vessel by the cruelty of the master on the voyage, it is then ended with respect to him, and he may recover his full wages.