Suryan v. Lake Washington Shipyards

On February 21,1928, the parties to this suit entered into a written contract whereby the defendant agreed to build a purse seine fishing boat for the plaintiff, named “Lindberg”, which defendant’s officers knew was to be used for fishing in Alaskan waters. The defendant completed and delivered the boat on May 23,1928, and within about one week thereafter the plaintiff proceeded to Alaska. On June 12, 1928, the plaintiff engaged in fishing at Steamboat Bay in the waters of Alaska, and, after having about nine hundred barrels of herring on board, the “Lindberg” started to a nearby cannery,…