Briggs & Cobb v. Barnett

This is a suit for contribution instituted by Charles M. Barnett and George Twohy against George S. Briggs, Vincent Cacace and W. C. Cobb. The record shows that in March, 1904, the parties to the suit, except Cobb, became the owners of a ship known as the “Henry B. Hyde,” with her cargo, which was lying aground in the Atlantic- Ocean near Virginia Beach, *406each holding an one-fourth undivided interest therein. They determined to make an effort to float the ship and entered into a contract which was partly in writing and partly oral for that purpose. The agreement, so far as it was evidenced by…