Hunt v. Colburn
District Court, D. Massachusetts
This was a libel in personam, promoted by John Hunt, second mate of the bark Trinity, against the master and owners, claiming damages for the wrongful dismissal of the libellant, by the master, at Galveston, Texas. There was also a claim for the value of his clothes, which the libel-lant was compelled to leave on board of the Trinity, and for wages.
1Opinion of the Court
SPRAGUE. District Judge.
The libellant, while ill, at Galveston, requested to be discharged from the bark, that he might go to the hospital. He was told by the captain, that he would discharge him, when the return cargo of cotton was stowed in the vessel. This service was performed under the superintendence of the libellant. After-wards, as the vessel was casting off from the wharf, the libellant not having been discharged, stepped on shore, and refused to go on board, saying that he wished to *906consult a physician, and also to take counsel as to his legal rights. His clothes remained on board.…
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