Piaggio v. Somerville
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Harrison county. HoN. J. H. Neville, Judge. Suit by J. W. Somerville against Henry Piaggio. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. For a correct understanding of the appellant’s view of this ease, it is necessary to restate and emphasize the conditions upon which the charter party was assigned by the appellee to the appellant.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Harrison county. HoN. J. H. Neville, Judge. Suit by J. W. Somerville against Henry Piaggio. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. For a correct understanding of the appellant’s view of this ease, it is necessary to restate and emphasize the conditions upon which the charter party was assigned by the appellee to the appellant. The particular language of the assignment is the following: “For and in consideration of fifteen hundred dollars, payable in cash to J. S. Somerville on the clearance of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an action in assumpsit in which the appellee was the plaintiff and the appellant, was the defendant in the court below, and they will be hereinafter so designated.
The declaration in substance alleges that a charter party was entered into between the owners of the American schooner Henry S. Little and the W. A. Powell Transport Company, by the terms of which the vessel was to transport a cargo of lumber from the Gulf of Mexico to a port on the west coast of the United Kingdom, London, Lisbon, or the west coast of Italy; the W. A. Powell Transport Company, or its assigns, having the…
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