Studley v. Baker
District Court, D. Massachusetts
The libellant [Leonard Studley] alleged that in January, 1870, he engaged as mate on board the schooner Harriet Gardner for the general coasting service from port to port in the United States during the season, at monthly wages, and served therein until the times after mentioned.
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The libellant [Leonard Studley] alleged that in January, 1870, he engaged as mate on board the schooner Harriet Gardner for the general coasting service from port to port in the United States during the season, at monthly wages, and served therein until the times after mentioned. That, on the 6th of October, 1870. the schooner, with the libellant on board, fell in with the frigate Guerriére ashore on a dangerous shoal in Vineyard Sound and in great peril; that the schooner and her crew assisted the frigate by carrying out an anchor and by lightering her, being employed in the service for two…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The question of jurisdiction is an interesting though not a difficult one. I shall examine it at some length, because the reported cases, though unanimous, are not numerous; and the point has been thought worthy of argument in the ease. Admiralty courts are so peculiarly well fitted to deal with salvage, that cases of that sort are very rarely brought elsewhere. Judge Peters once said that he should be' much disposed to consider the jurisdiction exclusive, and that he had never seen the report of such a case at common law. Brevoor v. The Pair American [Case No. 1,847].…
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- Peck v. Trustees of RandallNew York Supreme Court · 1806
- Baker v. . HoagNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Hawkins v. AveryNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- Cashmere v. De WolfThe Superior Court of New York City · 1849
- Blake v. PattenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1838
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