Wills

The above entitled cause heretofore tried, argued and submitted, is now decided as follows:

Judgment will be for the defendants, that the plaintiff take nothing by his complaint, and that the defendants have judgment against the plaintiff for their costs incurred herein.

Findings and judgment to be prepared by counsel for the defendants under local rule

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Comment.

I.n two causes of action in an amended complaint, plaintiff sued for damages and loss of wages by reason of an injury suffered on December 23, 1951, while employed as a seaman on the vessel Bunker Hill.

The vessel was en route to San Pedro when plaintiff was injured by tripping over *651 a hawser while traversing the after well deck of the vessel. The injuries continued ' until January 30, 1952, when the plaintiff was pronounced fit for duty.

The plaintiff, on December 5, 1951, had signed shipping articles for the Pacific Coastwise Trade on board the S. S. Bunker Hill. The articles provided that “the term of employment shall be for one voyage, and at the mutual option of the master and the seamen, for successive voyages, but not exceeding one month in all * *

On December 23,1951, before the Bunker Hill arrived…