Sweeney v. Frank Waterhouse & Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered January 3, 1905, upon findings in favor of the defendant, after a trial before the eo-urt without a jury, dismissing on the merits an action for a conversion.
1Opinion of the CourtPuulbrton, J.
The appellants, trading under the name of Arctic Trading Company, in September, 1902, shipped certain goods from Seattle, Washington, to Nome, Alaska, consigned to themselves or order, by the steamship “Garonne,” then owned and operated by the respondent. The goods consisted of beer, vegetables, hay, and coal. The bill of lading specified that the goods were to be carried to “Nome anchorage,” and there delivered to the appellants or order, “at ship’s tackle.” The harbor at Nome is an open roadstead, having no wharves or docks alongside which steamships of the size of the Garonne may land and…
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