Donnell v. . Walsh

This action was brought to recover one-half part of the balance of certain moneys received by the defendants, as agents of the owners of the brig Crimea, for the freight and demurrage of that vessel on a voyage from Cardenas to New York, which ended in May, 1857. The plaintiffs were the owners of one-half of the brig, and the voyage appears to have been prosecuted on behalf of the owners. The defense was the same which was introduced by the defendants in the case of Merritt and others against the same defendants, considered at this term. Those plaintiffs were the owners of three-eighths of…