Hooe & Co. v. Groverman
Supreme Court of the United States
Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia, in an action of covenant by Groverman, owner of the brig Nancy, against Hooe and co. the freighters, for demurrage, at the port of Falmouth, in England, from the 19th of June to the 11th of September, 1798, at the rate of £.6 6 0 Sterling per diem. The declaration alleged the breach of the covenant in not paying the demurrage, and the cause went to trial in the court below, upon the issue of covenants performed.
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Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia, in an action of covenant by Groverman, owner of the brig Nancy, against Hooe and co. the freighters, for demurrage, at the port of Falmouth, in England, from the 19th of June to the 11th of September, 1798, at the rate of £.6 6 0 Sterling per diem. The declaration alleged the breach of the covenant in not paying the demurrage, and the cause went to trial in the court below, upon the issue of covenants performed. The jury found the following special verdict, viz. “ We, of the jury, find that the defendants and plain- “ tiff made and…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting in Alexandria on the following case.
A charter party was entered into between the parties on the tenth day of April, 1798, whereby Groverman let to Hooe and co. a vessel, of which he was owner, for a voyage to Havre de Grace.
The firft article states the indenture to witnefs, “ that “ the said Groverman hath granted and to freight letten “ to the said R. T. Hooe and co. the brigantine Nancy, “ whereof he is owner, commanded by James…
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