Harkness v. Church

On the 15th of May, 1852, the plaintiffs, through their agents, Moses Greenwood & Oo., shipped on board the steamer Bulletin, of which the defendant is master and owner, two boxes of merchandise, consigned to John Hibbard, or to his assigns, at the port of Napoleon, in the State of *65Arkansas. On the 19th of the same month, the Bulletin arrived at Napoleon, and discharged the two boxes in question, placing one of them on the wharf-boat Chancellor, belonging to C. B. Shattuoh, and the other on the wharfboat Cotton Plant, belonging to E. Roberts. The box which was placed on the Cotton Plant…