Legal Opinion
Dixon v. The Surrey
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 23, 1886PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This libel was filed to recover the value of 200 cases of lemons brought by the steam-ship Surrey from Palermo to New York, and discharged at Harbeck’s stores, Brooklyn, on January 26, .1885, and there destroyed by frost. The lemons were shipped at Palermo by the International Line, and a bill of lading given by the agents of that line to the shipper, reciting the receipt of them on board the steam-ship Penyghent, by which vessel they were expected to be forwarded. For some reason the Penyghent was delayed, and the'steamer Surrey was chartered by the line to run in her place; and the lemons…
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