Meyer v. Barker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS Was an action of covenant upon a charter party, which was tried before Brackenridge J. at Nisi Prius, •in November last, when several points were reserved for the consideration of this Court.
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THIS Was an action of covenant upon a charter party, which was tried before Brackenridge J. at Nisi Prius, •in November last, when several points were reserved for the consideration of this Court. The case by the report of his honour was thus: On the 7th of September 1805, Jacob Barker the defendant, and George and Theodore Meyer, entered into a charter 7 f J T , -rr , parly of the American ship Diana, Samuel Holmes, master, Barker described himself in the charter party as “ agent for “and in behalf of the owners” of the ship, and “as agent “aforesaid”, for the considerations therein…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action of covenant on a charter party, by which the defendant, as agent of the owners of the ship Diana, let the hold of the said ship on freight to the *234plaintiffs on a voyage from New York to Amboy in the state of New Jersey, thence to Varel and Bremen in Europe, and thence back to New. York. On the trial at Nisi Prius several Poiuts of law were reserved, which are now to be decided.
1. The first question is whether a copy of the charter party was properly admitted as evid'ence. There was no doubt of the copy being well proved, for it was sworn to by one who had…
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