Jernegan v. Osborn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, by Jared Jernegan, against Samuel Osborn, Jr., a part owner of the whaling ship Europa, and against Joseph A. Beauvais and the Citizens’ National Bank.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, by Jared Jernegan, against Samuel Osborn, Jr., a part owner of the whaling ship Europa, and against Joseph A. Beauvais and the Citizens’ National Bank. The bill alleged, that during a voyage of the Europa, which terminated on August 17, 1872, the owners thereof sustained certain losses by reason of services rendered by the ship in assisting in the rescue of nine hundred seamen in the Arctic seas; that during the whole of the voyage the plaintiff was the owner of one sixteenth part of the vessel; that on August 28, 1872, the plaintiff sold his…
1Opinion of the CourtMobton, J.
In the view which we take of this case, it is not necessary to consider whether the award would have been dis*209tribu table among the owners of the ship as partners in the voyage, or as owners of the ship. We do not think the plaintiff can maintain his bill on either ground. He conveyed all his interest in the ship to the defendant in August, 1872. He also conveyed to the defendant all his interest of every description in the voyage, including claims against the United States, in May, 1874. This conveyance was, in the most general terms, of all claims growing out of his ownership in the voyage,…
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