The Ship Howard v. Wissman
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the southern district of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The points of law upon both sides were so connected with the testimony that they could not be explained without giving an abstract of the evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This is a proceeding in rem, against a foreign vessel, by libel; charging that the libellant shipped on her, at Hamburg, in Germany, 5,004 bushels of potatoes in good order and well conditioned for the purpose of shipping, and that, by the long and wilful delay of the vessel at Hamburg, and on her voyage to New York, (the port of déstination,) and through the carelessness and misconduct of the master and owner, the potatoes became and were injured, decayed, and wholly lost to the libellant.
To this charge the respondents answer, that the decay of the potatoes was caused by their lying in port…
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