Caffray v. Kingsland

By the agreed statement of facts, the libelant, about the fifteenth of November, 1884, shipped on the schooner Cornelia M. Kiugsland, for tho cod-fishery, upon an oral agreement to servo as fisherman, and to share equally with the master the proceeds of the sale of the fish, after deducting from such proceeds all the store bills and expenses of the vessel, and the wages of the rest of the crew that were on monthly wages, and 40 per cent, of the balance to be credited to the owners of the vessel. Under this oral agreement he served as fisherman on several voyages, qntil the twenty-sixth of…