Legal Opinion
White v. The M. M. Morrill
District Court, D. Washington
Decided February 5, 1897PublishedCited by 2 opinions
This was a libel in rem to recover seamen’s wages.
1Opinion of the Court
[IANFORD, District Judge.
In this case the libelant, Charles 11. White, and the intervener, B. N. Johnson, are suing to recover money earned by and due to them for their services as hunters on a sealing voyage in the North Pacific Ocean. The case is defended by A. S. Nelson, one of the owners of the vessel, and by Edward Cantillion, wbo was master of the vessel on the voyage. Cantillion was'owner of one-third of the vessel, and he sold his interest to said libelant and intervener, conveying one-sixth to each, for which he received from Johnson $350 and a promissory note for $350, and from…
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- McDowell V. The Lena MowbrayDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1895
- The Short CutDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1881
3Cited by2 opinions
- Nelson v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
- The Catherine M. MonahanDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1912