Cutting v. Seabury

SPRAGUE, District Judge.

In September, 1S50, the minor son of the libellant left his father’s employment in Palmer, Massachusetts, went to New Bedford, and there representing himself as of full age, was shipped by the defendants for a whaling voyage. The vessel sailed soon afterwards, and when last heard from was in the Arctic ocean, in the autumn of 1853, and is believed to have there perished, with all on board. In the spring of 1855, the libellant went to New Bedford and made a settlement with the respondents, the extent of which is in controversy. On the 6th of July, I860, this suit was…