Thomas P. Miller & Co. v. Palmer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—Not passed on by the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—Not passed on by the Court. Second Exception.—At the trial the plaintiffs offered the three following prayers: 1. If the jury find from the evidence, that in January and February, 1878, the British Brig Magdala was in the port of Mobile, Alabama; that the plaintiffs, upon the application of J. W. Trafton, her master, in good faith advanced to him money for tire purpose of paying necessary wages of the crew, necessary supplies to, and necessary repairs upon, said vessel, necessary bills for…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The appellants, Miller and Co., hankers and residents of Mobile, Alabama, advanced to Trafton, the master of the British Brig “Magdala,” then lying in the port of Mobile, hut which was owned and registered in New Brunswick, a sum of money for the purchase of necessary supplies to, and repairs upon, the brig, custom house and port charges, and other necessary disbursements, to be made at that port. These advances were made at the request of the master, and the consignee Groldthwaite, and this suit is brought to recover the amount so advanced, from the appellee, the owner of the brig.
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