Bennitt v. The Guiding Star
District Court, S.D. Ohio
In Admiralty. Libel by Henry T. Bennitt against the steamer Guiding Star to enforce a claim for cotton alleged to have been destroyed while in possession of the steamer’s a.gents.
Read the full summary
In Admiralty. Libel by Henry T. Bennitt against the steamer Guiding Star to enforce a claim for cotton alleged to have been destroyed while in possession of the steamer’s a.gents. Statement by SAGE, District Judge: The libel in tills case is to enforce the libelant’s claim against the steamer Guiding Star for $17,351.94, the alleged value of 238 bales of raw cotton, received by said steamer in good order and condition from W. I’. McBath & Go., doing business in the state of Mississippi, who had bought the same by order and for the account of the libelant. It is averred that 100 bales of said…
1Opinion of the Court
SAGE, District Judge,
(after stating the case.) The facts in this case are in the main undisputed. The Southern Transportation Company was neither a corporation nor a partnership. Each of the boats included in it did business solely on its own account. There was no community of interest, no sharing of profits or losses, The arrangement was that the boat first at a landing should take on its own account whatever freight was there deposited for shipment. The object in forming the association was to increase business by preventing delays and maintaining regularity in shipments. The boats *939had…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pollard v. VintonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Schooner Freeman, &C. v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Propeller Monticello v. MollisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Bulkley v. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1860
- J. Russell Manufacturing Co. v. New Haven Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bolton v. ZieglerDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1953
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
- Lee v. BarrettCity of New York Municipal Court · 1913
- Guffey v. Alaska & P. S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
- Bradley v. Lehigh Valley R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1906
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.