Gallagher v. Murray

CHOATE, District Judge.

These are suits in personam for seamen’s wages, brought against the defendants, the owners of the steamship Cleopatra.

The Cleopatra left New York October 17, 1878. bound on a voyage to Nassau, N. P., and thence to a port or ports in Cuba and thence back to New York. Just before reaching Nassau she struck upon a rock and was injured, and most of her cargo and passengers were forwarded by other vessels. She then proceeded to the port of Nassau, where she has ever since remained. The accident happened on the 23d of October, and she got into port about seven days later. The…