Pitman v. Hooper
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Libel for mariner’s wages. The libel in substance stated as follows: “That in the month of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and nine, the brig Polly, whereof the said Robert Hooper, deceased, was then the owner, and whereof Ebenezer Graves, of Marblehead aforesaid, was master, being at the said port of Marble-head, and destined on a voyage from thence to St. Petersburg, in Russia, and thence…
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Libel for mariner’s wages. The libel in substance stated as follows: “That in the month of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and nine, the brig Polly, whereof the said Robert Hooper, deceased, was then the owner, and whereof Ebenezer Graves, of Marblehead aforesaid, was master, being at the said port of Marble-head, and destined on a voyage from thence to St. Petersburg, in Russia, and thence back to the United States, he, the said Robert Hooper, deceased, by himself or his agent, on the high seas and within…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The libellant, in June, ISOLl, shipped on board the brig Polly, owned by the intestate Robert Hooper, on a voyage from Marblehead, in this district, to St. Petersburg, in Russia, and thence back to the United Slates. The brig sailed on the voyage with a cargo belonging to the intestate. and arrived at St. Petersburg, and there safely delivered her cargo. A return 'cargo on the same account was taken on board, and the brig sailed on the homeward voyage in June, 1S10, and in the course of the voyage was captured by some Danish gun-brigs, carried into Christiansand. in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watson v. DuykinckNew York Supreme Court · 1808
3Cited by1 opinion
- The OwegoDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1923