P. & G. Lorillard v. Palmer
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action oí* asáumpsit, for the non-delivery of a t The schooner Seaman, in Jdnudfy, 1813, during the late war between this country and Great Britain, Was lying in the port of Richmond, bound for New-York, and 13 hogsheads of tobacco were shipped on board of her by the plairibffs? agent.
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THIS was an action oí* asáumpsit, for the non-delivery of a t The schooner Seaman, in Jdnudfy, 1813, during the late war between this country and Great Britain, Was lying in the port of Richmond, bound for New-York, and 13 hogsheads of tobacco were shipped on board of her by the plairibffs? agent. About the 26th or-27th of January, the vessel sci sail on her voyage for New- York, and on the 2d of Febru(iry the master of the vessel came to anchor in Hampton v e r Roads, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he could safely proceed to sea, there being at that time a British squadron…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court? The claim, in this case, is founded on the non-delivery of a quantity.of tobacco, shipped on board a schooner, of which the defendants were owners, to be transported from Richmond, in Virginia,, to New-York, and there delivered, pursuant to a bill of lading for that purpose, signed by the master of the schooner. The vessel, with the tobacco on board, sailed on the voyage about the 26th of January, 1813 ; but finding the Chesapeake blockaded by a British squadron, was unable to proceed on the voyage, arid some time in j)larch following…
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