Murray v. Ferry-Boat F. B. Nimick

Aoheson, D. J.

In this case Alonzo Murray presented in open court his libel for wages against the steamboat F. B. Nimick, wherein he alleges “that the said steamboat is a vessel duly enrolled and licensed under the laws of the United States, in. the office of the surveyor of customs for the port of Pittsburgh, and has been engaged in navigating the Ohio river. ” The court ordered the libel to be filed and process to issue against the boat.

*87T. W. Fowler, the owner of the boat, has moved the court to quash the proceedings and dismiss the libel, for the following reasons:

“First. That said libel…