Baldwin v. Ashby

Tbe steamboat Swan, belonging to appellant and one Crimmins, bad been snagged and sunk 10 or 12 miles from Mobile in water 8 or 10 feet deep; and they, with tbe aid of tbe crew of tbe vessel, and of tbe steamboat Warrior and her crew, employed and chartered by appellant for tbe purpose, at $40 a day, bad been some time engaged in endeavoring to raise tbe vessel. Not succeeding, defendant sent Crimmins to Mobile “ tb employ plaintiff (Asbby) or some other person engaged in that business to raise her.” And by tbe aid during four days, of Asbby aud bis divers, tbe vessel, worth $10,000 or…