Perkins v. Hill
District Court, D. Massachusetts
This was a libel in personam, promoted by George Perkins, Jr., claiming freight for certain merchandize belonging to the respondent f.l ohn S. Hill], on a voyage from Boston to Havana, on board the schooner Austin, of which the libellant was master and part owner.
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This was a libel in personam, promoted by George Perkins, Jr., claiming freight for certain merchandize belonging to the respondent f.l ohn S. Hill], on a voyage from Boston to Havana, on board the schooner Austin, of which the libellant was master and part owner. It appeared that the Austin was chai tered at .$400 a month by one Joseph Green, for a voyage to Cuba and back, payable in three days after her return; that he and the respondent, Hill, put a cargo on board; that this cargo was consigned to Hill’s consignee in Havana. and that a bill of lading was signed by Perkins to Hill,…
1Opinion of the Court
SPRAGUE, District Judge.
The question is, whether the owners of this vessel can hold the respondent, Hill, personally liable for the freight of the goods shipped by him, or whether they are to look to the charterer alone.
Perkins and his associates, undoubtedly-continued the owners for the voyage. The Volunteer [Case No. 10,991]. Green, the charterer, might have put these goods on board, and the libellant must have conveyed them, by virtue of the charter-party, with no other security than the personal covenants of Green, and a lien on the homeward cargo. But Green did not see fit to put these…
2Cited by1 opinion
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