Rich v. Lambert
Supreme Court of the United States
These two cases were included in the same judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, and were argued together in this court, upon an appeal from that judgment. Originally, ten several libels were filed by the owners or consignees of goods shipped on bpard the Martha at Liverpool, bound to Charleston.
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These two cases were included in the same judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, and were argued together in this court, upon an appeal from that judgment. Originally, ten several libels were filed by the owners or consignees of goods shipped on bpard the Martha at Liverpool, bound to Charleston. The libels claimed damages on, account of injury to the property by the negligence or misconduct of the respondents, and particularly that a large quantity of Salt was improperly stowed. The proceeding was in rem against the vessel, in the District…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr, Justice NELSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States, held in and for the District of South Carolina in admiralty.
The several libels were filed in the District Court, against the ship Martha, by the owners of cargo brought in the same from Liverpool to Charleston, for damage done to the goods in the course of the voyage.
Five of the separate owners of cargo joined in one of the libels, and each of the others filed separate lib'els; to each of which answers were put in by the respondents, and the parties proceeded in the…
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