Smith v. The Schooner J. C. King

Acheson, D. J.

On June 18,1879, the steam barge James Davidson, having in tow the schooners Orgarita and J. C. King, left Chicago, bound to Frankfort, Michigan, to load part of her tow with lumber, thence to Cheboygan-, and thence to Buffalo or Tonawanda. The libellant was a seaman upon the schooner King, and by the shipping articles, which are in the usual form, he and the rest of the crew agreed “to work on any vessel in our tow, and on any lighter that may be used to load or lighten our vessels, and to work any place *303we are wanted in loading.” The fleet reached Frankfort on the morning of…