HALE, J.
The sea is a strange and wondrous thing, and equally so is the law it inspires. Rules derived from it reflect not the fury of this element in its stormy mood but the gentle nature of a close harbor in the morning calm.
John A. Sullivan, merchant seaman for 22 years, was dispatched at Seattle to sign on the SS Montego Sea, a merchant freighter then docked at Swan Island in the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon. His friend, Lamar Gribbon, and...
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