Joslyn v. Nickerson

This is a libel for pilotage, beard on appeal from a decree of the district court dismissing the suit. The facts wore agreed in writing, substantially as follows: On the 2d of May, 1879, the libellant was a pilot, duly commissioned and qualified under the laws of Massachusetts, for the harbor of Boston, and he seasonably offered to take charge of the steamship “United States,” which was approaching the harbor on a voyage from Havana, and was the first pilot to tender his services, which were declined. The “United States” is a steam vessel of 1,180 tons, owned in Boston, and subject to the…