Jones v. Pitcher & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was an action of assumpsit in Tuskaloosa Circuit court, by the defendants in error,- against Jones and others, joint owners of the steam boat Warrior. ' The plaintiffs declared for a breach of undertaking, by bill of lading, to convey certain cotton to the city of Mobile; but which was lost, as was alleged, by the carelessness and negligence of the master of the said boat.
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This was an action of assumpsit in Tuskaloosa Circuit court, by the defendants in error,- against Jones and others, joint owners of the steam boat Warrior. ' The plaintiffs declared for a breach of undertaking, by bill of lading, to convey certain cotton to the city of Mobile; but which was lost, as was alleged, by the carelessness and negligence of the master of the said boat. The declaration charged the defendants, os joint owners and co-partners, of the said steam boat, and as co-partners in the freight, of said boat: '»'í 1 set oiit, substantially, that before the time of «lling the said…
1Opinion of the CourtSaffold, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the defendants in error, against the pre~. sent plaintiffs, William Jones, Benjamin Horner, Edward Sims, David Scott, John Jones, Larkin Hammond and John W. Donaldson, owners and propric-*143tors of the steam boat Warrior, and co-partners in the freight of said boat, to recover damages for the loss of sixty-nine bales of cotton, shipped by said Pitcher & Co. on board said steam boat, to be transported from Tuskaloosa to the port of Mobile. The declaration contains several counts, the particular differences in which are unnecessary to be noticed. They…
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