Richardson v. Goddard
Supreme Court of the United States
This was au appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts. It was the case of a libel filed in the District Court by Goddard & Pritchard, against the. barque Tangier, for the non-delivery of- bertain bales of cotton shipped at the port of Apalachicola. The barque arrived'at Boston, and the cotton was lost' under the circumstances, mentioned in the opinion of the court.
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This was au appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts. It was the case of a libel filed in the District Court by Goddard & Pritchard, against the. barque Tangier, for the non-delivery of- bertain bales of cotton shipped at the port of Apalachicola. The barque arrived'at Boston, and the cotton was lost' under the circumstances, mentioned in the opinion of the court. The District Court dismissed the libel, but this decree was reversed by. the Circuit Court, and the vessel ordered-to pay.the amount reported by the assessor. The claimants of the vessel…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
The barque “ Tangier,' a foreign vessel in the port of Boston,” is charged in the libel with a failure .to deliver certain bales of cotton, according to her contract of affreightment.. The answer admits the contract, and alleges a full compliance with it, by a delivery of the cargo on ’the wharf; and that after such delivery, a part of the cargo was consumed by fire, before it was removed by the consignees.
The libellants amended their libel, admitting the receipt of 163 bales, and setting forth, as a reason for not receiving and taking away from the wharf that portion of the cargo which was…
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