Baxter v. Doe

In each of these actions, the plaintiff claims damages of the defendants, for the neglect to furnish him with proper and suitable food, provisions, care, and treatment, during a voyage on the ship Earl Granville, upon which he shipped as an able-bodied seaman. The defendants contend that, although the master of the ship may be liable for such negligence, the owners are not responsible. By reason of the shipment, the relation of seamen to the master, to the owners, and to the ship is, under the maritime law, peculiar, The contract they enter into may be enforced to recover wages against the…