§ 869

California Harbors and Navigation Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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