Legal Opinion
The Tybee
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Texas
Decided May 15, 1870PublishedCited by 3 opinions
[Appeal from the district court of the.United States for the Eastern district of Texas.]
1Opinion of the Court
BRADLEY, Circuit Justice.
On the 22d of August, 1868, a case of dry goods was shipped at New York by Cochran & Co., on board the steamer Tybee bound for the port of Galveston, consigned to the libellants at the latter place. The bill of lading states that the package was in good order and well conditioned, and then states that the same “is to be delivered in like good order and condition at the aforesaid port of Galveston, the dangers of the seas, etc., excepted, unto Burkhardt & Shaper, or to their assigns, they paying freight for the said shipment, 40 cents per foot, with 5 per cent,…
2Cited by3 opinions
- The Boskenna BayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1884
- The St. GeorgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1900
- Constable v. National Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894