Parsons v. Terry
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Libel in personam by [William C. Parsons] the late master, who was also a part-owner of the whaling ship William & Henry, of Fairhaven, against [Isaiah F. Terry and others) his co-owners.
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Libel in personam by [William C. Parsons] the late master, who was also a part-owner of the whaling ship William & Henry, of Fairhaven, against [Isaiah F. Terry and others) his co-owners. As originally framed, it included a demand for the libellant’s lay as master for the voyage in controversy, but that ground of action was abandoned, and the cause proceeded as one seeking damages for an alleged tort in depriving the libellant of his command before the end of his term of service, which was a long one. The owners sent out another master from home, who, at Tombas, in Peru, took possession of…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
I am unable to see in the letters of the master any thing that should alarm a constant mind. That he reports the price at which he can sell the vessel, and even that the price reported was less after the repairs than before, and says that if a power of attorney shall be sent him be can dispose of the vessel thus or so, cannot fairly raise the inference that lie means to sell the vessel, whether power is given him or not, and run away with the money, especially as he had sent home the oil which was the most valuable property in his charge. Yet this is the inference the…
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