Legal Opinion
Hathaway v. The Brantford City
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 2, 1886PublishedCited by 13 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The libel in this case ivas filed to recover §40,000, damages for the loss of 234 cattle on a voyage from Boston to West Hartlepool, England. The proofs show that in October, 1880, the libelantsmade a contract at Boston with Brigham & Co., the local agents of the ■ *375British steam-ship Brantford City, by the terms of which the libelants were to ship at Boston “from 250 to 300 head of cattle, as may be needed and demanded by the agents of the steamer; freight to be 85 shillings sterling per head, said cattle to he landed at Deptford, England.” On the twenty-ninth of October, 260 head were…
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