District Court, S.D. California June 29, 1891 (Hunt v. Metcalf)

Ross, J.

The case shows that the respondents, who are residents and merchants of Santa Barbara, were desirous of chartering a vessel to en*74gage in hunting otter; and learning that the libelant was the owner of the schooner Ethel, which is a registered vessel of 31 tons burden, and whose home port is San Diego, where the libelant resides, arranged with him to take the schooner to Santa Barbara,