Case Name: BICKNER v. The WILLIAM D.
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1856-05-01
Citations: 3 F. Cas. 336
Docket Number: 
Parties: BICKNER v. The WILLIAM D.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 3
Pages: 336–336

Head Matter:
Case No. 1,390.
BICKNER v. The WILLIAM D.
District Court, S. D. New York.
May 1, 1856.
Seamen- — Wages—Vessel Sailed ox Shares.
[In admiralty. Libel by William Bickner against the schooner William D. for seaman’s wages, amounting to $33.
Dismissed.]
Mr. Haskett, for libellant.
Mr. Whedon, for claimant.
[Not previously reported.]

Opinion:
HALL, District Judge.
The libellant knew at the time he shipped that the vessel was run, and victualed and manned by the master, on shares, and that the general owner had nothing to do with the hiring or paying of the seaman. He also declared, subsequently, that when a vessel was running on shares as that was, the seaman could not libel the vessel, and I therefore conclude that he so understood it, and rendered his services on the credit of the master, and not on that of the ship. Libel dismissed, with costs.