Chandler v. The Annie Buckman

(Cause submitted on written argument by libellant’s proctor.)(1) The libellant seeks tbe recovery of a balance of $54, wages on a voyage from China to New York. .Tbe master offered him as gratuity $44, denying he was entitled to recover anything. But the libellant refused to accept the offer.(2) The testimony of the master is competent, and, being the only evidence in the cause, must govern the decision.(3) The libellant shipped as an able seaman, but came on board tainted with the effects of an old and loathsome disease, which, shortly after, broke out in his limbs, and disabled him from all…