Onderdonk v. . Voorhis

The Defendant, Jacob Yoorbis, Jr., was the owner of the schooner “ Signal,” and employed the Plaintiff, who was a ship-carpenter at Nyaclr, in the comity of Rockland, to repair her. She was, in the fall of 1862, hauled up at Plaintiff’s yard, in Nyaek, and repaired. The repairs were completed on the third day of December, and she was then taken possession of by Defendant. The Plaintiff made out a bill for her repairs, amounting to $813.76, which, being deemed unreasonable by Defendant, he refused to pay. The Plaintiff then proceeded under the act entitled “ An Act to provide for the…