Jones v. Cortes
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Seventh District. This is an action brought by Alexander Jones and Mary H., his wife, against the steamship Cortes, to recover damages for the wrong committed by the agents and owners of the defendant, who for a valuable consideration paid them by Mrs. Jones, (before her marriage to Alexander Jones) contracted to transport her from San Francisco to San Juan del Sur, and received her on board as a passenger, but instead of landing her at the port of San Juan,…
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Appeal from the Seventh District. This is an action brought by Alexander Jones and Mary H., his wife, against the steamship Cortes, to recover damages for the wrong committed by the agents and owners of the defendant, who for a valuable consideration paid them by Mrs. Jones, (before her marriage to Alexander Jones) contracted to transport her from San Francisco to San Juan del Sur, and received her on board as a passenger, but instead of landing her at the port of San Juan, landed her at Panama. The complaint verified avers that in March, 1856, the Accessory Transit Company were the owners of…
1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.
Field, C. J. concurring.
In 1856 the defendant was engaged in carrying passengers from the port of San Francisco, in this State, to San Juan del Sur, in Nicaragua, and the action is brought for the breach of a contract to convey the plaintiff, Mary A. Jones, who was then unmarried, from the former to the latter port, and for wrongs and injuries sustained by her in consequence "of the violation of the agreement. The grievances complained of were occasioned by the voluntary action of the owners and agents of the defendant, and on the trial of the case the plaintiffs were permitted to present the…
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