Hart v. Shaw
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] The libellant [Thomas Shaw], master of the schooner B. F. Reeves, chartered her to respondent [George Hart], to bring a quantity of cedar spars from Thoroughfare Island, In North river, N. C., for the round sum of one thousand dollars as freight; the cargo to be delivered by respondent within reach of the vessel’s tackles, by whom also eight feet of. water at the place of loading was…
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] The libellant [Thomas Shaw], master of the schooner B. F. Reeves, chartered her to respondent [George Hart], to bring a quantity of cedar spars from Thoroughfare Island, In North river, N. C., for the round sum of one thousand dollars as freight; the cargo to be delivered by respondent within reach of the vessel’s tackles, by whom also eight feet of. water at the place of loading was guaranteed. It appeared that the place of loading was somewhat more than one hundred miles from the open sea, and while the…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
It is not controverted that the libellant, when the vessel reached the island mentioned in the charter-party, gave notice of her arrival to Hernán S. Hinds, as therein stipulated to be done, and proceeded to take in the spars furnished by him. He was the correspondent of the charterer, and beyond question was his agent to furnish the spars and deliver them to the master of the vessel. To that extent he is clearly recognized as the agent of the respondent by the terms of the charter-party. Cargo was to be furnished as fast as the vessel could take it, and in case of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Clendaniel v. TuckermanNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Coffin v. StorerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Barker v. CheriotNew York Supreme Court · 1807
- Blanchard v. BucknamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1824
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- Ackerlind v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1914