California Supreme Court July 1, 1870, No. 2,268 (Ellis v. Crawford)

Rhodes, C, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court, Temple, J., Crockett, J., and Wallace, J., concurring:

The plaintiff, in order to hold the defendant responsible for the wages of himself and his assignors, for the labor performed by them on the schooners Stag Hound and Louisa Morrison, takes the position' that in the construction of the schooners, Howlett was the employe' and agent of the