Walker v. City of New Orleans

In tbe month of December, 1886, the libelants, Tom Walker, Dick Norris, Tom Young, Louis Barlow, and Albert Leo, at Cairo, Illinois, shipped on board tbe City of New Orleans, as roustabouts, for a round trip to New Orleans and back to Cairo; wages to be ?80 per month. Tbe voyage to New Orleans was made in about nine and a half days, and during the same the libelants performed their respective duties, to the satisfaction of the boat’s officers. On the arrival at New Orleans, tbe voyage was broken up by tbe direction of the owner, tbe boat was laid up, and the crew, including libelants,…