Wiggins v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The case now stands before the court on the original petition alone, with all claim for any other property than the “powder ” stricken out. The testimony of Hollins relates to the circumstances attending the destruction of the powder, and the testimony of Harrington and Groves to the title of the powder when destroyed.
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The case now stands before the court on the original petition alone, with all claim for any other property than the “powder ” stricken out. The testimony of Hollins relates to the circumstances attending the destruction of the powder, and the testimony of Harrington and Groves to the title of the powder when destroyed. The testimony of Harrington and Groves tends to establish the following facts, viz : That in October, 1851, Dexter, Harrington & Co., purchased the powder (being 21,000 pounds) of Gilbert G. Newhall, of Boston, on their own sole credits, and shipped it to New York, where it was…
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, C. J.
In the year 1850 Dexter, Harrington & Co., of Boston, were- merchants doing business in that city. On the 24th December of the same year they made an arrangement with William H. DeForest for a mercantile adventure to San Juan del Norte, or Greytown, in the State of Nicarauga. In pursuance of this arrangement a cargo of goods was despatched by them to Mr. DeForest, at Greytown. By the agreement Dexter, Harrington & Co. were to furnish the goods from time to time; DeForest was to reside at Greytown, transact all the business, and share equally with them in the profits of the enterprise, after…
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