Ames Mercantile Co. v. Kimball S. S. Co.
District Court, N.D. California
In Admiralty. Libel in personam to recover for loss of and damage to merchandise intrusted to respondent as a common carrier.
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
There are two causes of action set forth in the libel. In the statement of the first it is alleged that the merchandise was delivered to the defendant on board the steamer J. S. Kimball for carriage from San Francisco to the steamer’s anchorage at Nome, in Alaska; that upon arrival of the J. S. Kimball at Nome the libelant and defendant entered into a further agreement by which the defendant undertook, for the agreed compensation of $5.50 per ton, to lighter such merchandise from the steamer to the beach; that by reason of the carelessness of the defendant “in and…
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- Mills v. HallockNew York Court of Chancery · 1836
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