Barque Great West No. 2 v. Oberndorf

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. The cause was before that court at the April term, 1870, on the following agreed facts:

It is stipulated in the above entitled causes, that the Barque Great West No. 2, was at the time the causes of action respectively arose, owned by Edward McDonald, and William H. McDonald, who resided in the City of Chicago; that the vessel was at the time a vessel running upon the navigable waters of the State of Illinois, and engaged in commerce between the port of Chicago and ports in other States on the lakes, and that the labor, materials and…