Cox v. Murray
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel in personam, by Henry Cox against Richard Murray, to recover for services rendered by the libellant to the respondent. The libellant was a stevedore. The respondent was master of the Gem, a. British brig owned in Glasgow.
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This was a libel in personam, by Henry Cox against Richard Murray, to recover for services rendered by the libellant to the respondent. The libellant was a stevedore. The respondent was master of the Gem, a. British brig owned in Glasgow. The libel embraced several claims, among which was a demand of $60 for the breach of a contract alleged to have been made by the respondent with the libellant as stevedore, engaging the services of the latter to stow a cargo of corn on board the respondent’s vessel for shipment abroad. It was shown, however, that all the demands stated in the libel were…
1Opinion of the Court
BETTS, District Judge.
The libellant avers that he was employed by the respondent to load and stow on board the brig Industry, commanded by the latter, a cargo of corn; and that he was afterwards unjustly discharged by the respondent, and prevented from doing the work, whereby he has been damaged to the amount of $60. The respondent contests the amount of damages, and also objects to the jurisdiction of the court over the demand. The inquiry as to the extent of damages sustained will be laid out of view, and the question of jurisdiction will alone be considered.
This being a foreign vessel, the…
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