Frame v. The Ella
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Libel by John Frame against the schooner Ella for services performed under a contract to launch her, after being beached by a storm.
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
By the'extraordinary storm of August, 1879, theschooner Ella, of Newcastle, Me., was carried 1,200 to 1,300 feet beyond the ordinary water’s edge, and beached high and dry on the shore of the Elizabeth river, near Norfolk, far beyond the reach of the tides. The own•er’s agent rejected the offers of the Bakers, of this city, experienced wreckers, to launch the vessel for $1,200; and contracted at $1,000 with a landsman, John Frame, the libelant in this suit, who had had some experience in moving houses. There was a written contract, at the price named, dated on the 1st of September, 1879, in…
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