Hardman v. Brett
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At Law. Action by Hardman and others to recover of one Brett a sum of money received by him as the valuó of a cargo of lumber lost at sea, which plaintiff's had underwritten. Trial by the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The plaintiffs are underwriters, who had insured a cargo of lumber shipped in July, 1878, on the schooner S. B. Hume, which *804cargo was lost by a collision between the schooner and a steam-ship, and sue to reoover a sum of money representing the value of the cargo, which came to the hands of the defendant in the progress of a suit in admiralty brought by the owners of the schooner against the steam-ship to recover damages sustained by the collision, including the loss of the cargo. The plaintiffs have succeeded to the rights of the owners of the cargo by subrogation. The defendant was the…
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