Union Fish Co. v. Erickson, 248 U.S. 308 (1919)

Name: Union Fish Co. v. Erickson, 248 U.S. 308 (1919) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Union Fish Co. v. Erickson

No. 76

Submitted November 22, 1918
Decided January 7, 1919
248 U.S. 308

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

By a contract made orally in California, respondent was engaged to go to Alaska and there for one year to serve as master of petitioner’s vessel, mainly upon the sea. The respondent libeled the vessel in the district court in California for breach of the contract. Held that the contract was maritime, and that the California statute of frauds requiring a writing for agreements not to be performed within a year was therefore inapplicable in defense. P. 312.

235 F. 385 affirmed.

The case is stated in the opinion.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Union Fish Co. v. Erickson, 248 U.S. 308 (1919) in 248 U.S. 308 248 U.S. 311. Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SF6DVBPWHP4DDHL.

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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Union Fish Co. v. Erickson, 248 U.S. 308 (1919). cited in 1919, 248 U.S. 308, pp.248 U.S. 311. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SF6DVBPWHP4DDHL.

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