Brower v. The Water Witch
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York. [In admiralty. Libels by John H. Brower and others against the brig Water Witch, by .William H. Sheldon against the same, and by John Clifton against a quantity of cotton. The district court decreed in favor of libel-lants in the first two cases, but dismissed the libel filed by Clifton.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The libels in the two first cases were filed to recover damages for injuries to a cargo of cotton shipped in the brig Water Witch, from Lavacca, on the bay of Matagorda, Texas, to this port, in May, 1854. The libellants were the consignees of the cotton. The libel in the third case was filed by the owner of the brig to recover his freight money. A’ special contract was made between the shipper at La-vacca and one Mitchell, who represented himself as agent of the vessel. She lay at the port of Indianola, situated on the same bay as Lavacca, but several miles distant.…
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