Chandler v. Belden
New York Supreme Court
TROVER for 7,500 bushels of salt, tried before Mr. Justice Van Ness, at the New-York sittings, in December, 1816. From the evidence stated in the case, it appeared that on the 11th of July, 1815, Clark & Ingersol, and Luther Bingham, entered into a written agreement with the defendant, by which they agreed to put on board the ship Carrier, at Twks Island, fifteen thousand bushels of salt, or as much as the ship could carry, at the freight of 35 cents per bushel, 500 dollars…
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TROVER for 7,500 bushels of salt, tried before Mr. Justice Van Ness, at the New-York sittings, in December, 1816. From the evidence stated in the case, it appeared that on the 11th of July, 1815, Clark & Ingersol, and Luther Bingham, entered into a written agreement with the defendant, by which they agreed to put on board the ship Carrier, at Twks Island, fifteen thousand bushels of salt, or as much as the ship could carry, at the freight of 35 cents per bushel, 500 dollars to be paid in advance, and the balance in three equal payments, at 30, 60, and 90 days, from the arrival of the vessel…
1Opinion of the Court
Spencer, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court. 1. The defendant had no lien on the salt for the freight. By the charter party, 500 dollars was to be paid immediately, and it was paid. The balance of the freight was to be paid in three equal payments, at thirty, sixty-, and ninety days from the arrival of the vessel at quarantine in the port of New-York ; and Clark, Ingersoll and Bingham, the owners of the salt, stipulated to receive the salt in fifteen days after the arrival of the vessel at the dock in New-York. "The right to retain the cargo for the freight has grown out of the usage of…
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