Chappell v. Bradshaw
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND. Motion to dismiss oe affirm. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
Bradshaw recovered judgment December 6th, 1887, against Chappell in the Ciróuit Court for Howard County, Maryland, in an action of trespass on the case, after a trial by jury upon a plea of not guilty, for damages by fire to his (Bradshaw’s) schooner, alleged to have resulted from the negligence of Chappell’s servants in cutting a burning scow or lighter loose from Chappell’s wharf and allowing it to drift against Bradshaw’s vessel. From this judgment Chappell prosecuted an appeal to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, by which ‘ tribunal the judgment was affirmed on the 14th day of March,…
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