Dexter v. Munroe

SPRAGUE, District Judge.

The libellant was master of the ship Union, and brings this suit to recover his share, one-twelfth, of the proceeds of a whaling voyage, which began in May, 1860, and ended in September, 1861. Prior to and during the voyage, the libellant was the owner of one-sixteenth of that vessel, and the respondents own, or by agreement are to be deemed, for the purpose of this suit, the owners of fifteen-sixteenths. At the termination of the voyage, all the catchings— that is, the oil and bone—were delivered to the respondents, who by their agent have disposed of the same, and…