Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court February 26, 1890 (Coughlin v. Boston Tow-Boat Co.)

Holmes, J.

The second'count of the declaration alleges that the defendant was “ the owner of, and had the management and control of, a certain vessel,” on a certain day; that the plaintiff “ was then and there at work on said vessel ... as a laborer, . . . shovelling coal,” and “ discharging the cargo,” etc.