Hammon v. Cottle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS cause was tried before Gibson J. at a Court of Nisi Prius, held in Philadelphia on the 14-th November, 1820, when the jury found a verdict for the defendant. It now came before the Court in Bank., on a motion for a new trial, because the verdict was against evidence, and on a point re- . ° served* k Every thing material in the case will be found in the opi- } ° r nion of the Court, which was delivered by
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action for money had and received, brought by Hammon and Daniel, merchants, of Pe~ tersburg, Virginia,against William Cottle. The plaintiffs, about latter end of September, 1811, shipped 58 hogsheads of tobacco, by the ship Acastus, bound to Tonningen, consignec^t f°r sAe and return, to the defendant, who was master of the said ship. The Acastus was captured and carried into France ; and, after the lapse of a considerable time, restored t0 t^e defendant, with her cargo. . . the defendant wrote to the plaintiffs from Pans, informing them that their tobacco had been…
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