Relf v. Rapp
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a writ of error to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia; in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff below.
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THIS was a writ of error to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia; in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff below. It was an action on the case, brought by William D. Rapp against Charles P. Relf, to recover the value of certain jewellery, shipped from New Orleans to Philadelphia by the plaintiff’s agent, in the ship Georgian, Captain Eldridge, of which the defendant was owner, and consigned to the plaintiff, stated to have been of the value of $1285.79. It appeared in evidence, that, on the 4th of May, 1837, Captain Eldridge received on board the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This is an action to recover the value of jewellery shipped by the agent of the plaintiff, at New Orleans, and consigned to him, as is alleged, on board the ship Georgian, Eldridge master; of which the defendant was owner. Defence was made on two grounds; 1. By a denial of any shipment of jewellery, and consequently that none could be embezzled; and, 2. Fraud, by concealing from the captain that jewellery was shipped, and fraudulently representing that the trunk contained glass — an article of much inferior value.
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