Michigan Supreme Court June 24, 1902, Docket No. 78 (Murphy v. Northern Steamship Co.)

Hooker, C. J.

Defendant, being tbe owner of a vessel and cargo sunk in the Canadian waters of Lake Erie, had some negotiations with the plaintiff in relation to saving the same in 1892. Either before or soon after, the plaintiff became aware that one Hackett had done some work upon the wreck under a contract with the Canadian government, which treated the wreck as a menace to navigators.