Blossom v. Champion
New York Supreme Court
MOTION for a new trial, upon a bill of exceptions. The action was replevin, for 844 barrels of spirits of turpentine, and was tried by a jury; who found a verdict for the plaintiffs, and assessed the valúe of the property at $14,476.81,
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sutherland, J.
This was an action to recover the possession of 844 barrels of spirits of turpentine, on board the ship Victoria, in the port of New York, of which ship the defendant Champion was master.
At the time of the commencement of the action, the plaintiffs "claimed the immediate delivery of the property, and the same was unladen from the ship and delivered to the plaintiffs. Five hundred and twenty-nine barrels of the turpentine were delivered on board the ship on the 12th and 13th, and the remaining 315 barrels on the 15th or 16th of January, 1855. On the 13th of January,…
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