Bell v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was .a writ of error from the circuit court of Massachusetts, prosecuted by the defendant in the circuit court. The bill of exceptions to the opinion of the court below sets forth the pleadings and evidence, and exhibited the.following case.
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THIS was .a writ of error from the circuit court of Massachusetts, prosecuted by the defendant in the circuit court. The bill of exceptions to the opinion of the court below sets forth the pleadings and evidence, and exhibited the.following case. Cunningham and Loring, merchants of Boston, owners of the brig Halcyon, Skinner master, chartered by them to proceed from Havana to Leghorn with a cargo of sugars, directed Bell, De Yough & Co. merchants at . that place and consignees of the brig, to .purchase for them, to be shipped to Havana by the Halcyon on her return to that port, a quantity of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of error* to a judgment rendered in the court, of the United States, for the' first circuit and district of Massachusetts, in a suit brought by Cunningham & Co. against Bell, De Yough & Co., on a special contract.
Cunningham & Co., merchants of Boston, had let their vessel,, the Halcyon, to Messrs Atkinson and Rollins, of the same place, to carry a cargo of sugars from the Havana to Leghorn. The cargo was consigned to Messrs Bell, De Yough & Co., merchants of Leghorn ; and Cunningham & Co. addressed a letter to the same house, instructing them to invest thé freight, which was…
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