Indeed, it is hardly just to take from him the right to establish his claim before the Admiralty Court, merely because an interested master refuses a certificate, when, perhaps, plenary proof might be furnished aliunde.
Sumner defends the right of sailors to present their claims in court, regardless of a master's refusal to certify their claims.
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