Palmer v. Smith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Distrct Court of the First District, Buchanan, J- The plaintiffs, as owners of the ship Huntsville, instituted this action against the defendants, the consignees of the ship, to recover the value of three boxes of goods, shipped by the Huntsville, directed to Henry H. Milly, Alexandria, Louisiana, aU leged to be the property of one Von Wagenan of New York.
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Appeal from the Distrct Court of the First District, Buchanan, J- The plaintiffs, as owners of the ship Huntsville, instituted this action against the defendants, the consignees of the ship, to recover the value of three boxes of goods, shipped by the Huntsville, directed to Henry H. Milly, Alexandria, Louisiana, aU leged to be the property of one Von Wagenan of New York. They aver that the boxes were consigned, and deliverable only to the order of one James Armor of New Orleans ; that, in a reasonable time after the arrival of the ship, and before her cargo had been discharged, Armor…
1Opinion of the Court
Morphy J.
This suit is brought to recover of the defendants, *399as consignees of the ship Huntsville, the value of three boxes of goods, shipped in New York on board the said ship, under the following circumstances: The three boxes of merchandise, had been sold to Henry H. Milly by one William F. Yon Wagenan of that city, and marked “ Henry H. Milly, Alexandria, Louisiana,” and the bill of lading taken for them was assigned by the shipper to James Armor of this city, with instructions not to deliver them until Milly had given a note, satisfactorily endorsed, for a balance of the price yet due to…
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